out 
dressed out In white carry a splendid silver image of their 
patroness about the city. 
J. A, Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 66. 
(c) To exhaustion, extinction, or conclusion ; to the end ; 
so as to finish or exhaust or be exhausted or consumed ; so 
as to bring to naught or render useless : as, the supplies 
have given out ; to wear out ; to eat out (consume) ; to 
pump out a well, or bail out a boat ; to put out one's eyes 
or a light. 
Her candle goeth not out by night. Prov. xxxi. 18. 
You wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a 
cause between an orange-wife and a fosset-seller. 
Sliak., Cor., ii. 1. 78. 
Betray'd, captiv'd, and both my eyes put out. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 33. 
Legion on legion on thy foeman roll, 
And weary out his arm thou canst not quell his soul. 
Scott, Vision of Don Roderick, Conclusion, st. 9. 
Ring out the thousand wars of old, 
Ring in the thousand years of peace. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cvi. 
18. So as to free from obstruction, encum- 
brance, or refuse : as, to sweep out a room; to 
thresh out grain ; to weed out a garden. 
Thou ehalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the 
corn. Deut xxv. 4. 
Mercury can warrant out 
His undertakings, and make all things good. 
B. Jontan, Cynthia's Revels, v. 1. 
19. Without stint or reserve ; in an open and 
unreserved manner; fully; completely; thor- 
oughly ; outright ; hence, plainly ; clearly ; 
loudly : as, to speak out ; to read out the names ; 
to call or cry out; to ring or sing out. 
Swears he [Cupid] will shoot no more, but play with spar- 
rows 
And be a boy right out. Sliak., Tempest, iv. 1. 101. 
Speake out, Maisters ; I would not have that word stick 
in your teeth, or in your throat. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
Come, come, at all I laugh he laughs, no doubt ; 
The only difference is, I dare laugh out. 
Pope, Epil. to Satires, i. 36. 
I have seen Stuart once ; he seems tormented to death 
with friends, but he talked out about Paris very fairly and 
pleasantly. Sydney Smith, To Francis Jeffrey. 
All the old echoes hidden in the wall 
Rang out like hollow woods at hunting-tide. 
Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
All OUtt. Seeo. Bred out. See breed. From Out 
Of. See from out, under out, prep. From this out. See 
.from. In and out, to and fro ; in waving lines. 
The glancing lines of Giddyburn in and out, in and 
out showed like a Malay's krees. 
J. W. Palmer, After his Kind, p. 20. 
Out and away, in a preeminent degree ; by far. 
Upolu is out and away the best island to possess, both 
commercially and politically. 
Nineteenth Century, XIX. 310. 
Out and out, to the utmost ; thoroughly and completely ; 
absolutely ; without qualification. 
For oute and oute he is the worthyeste, 
Save oonly Ector, which that is the beste. 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 739. 
Allodial land was land in which a man had the full and 
entire property ; which he held (as the saying is) out and 
out. Sir E. Creasy, Eng. Const., p. 69. 
Out Of. [In this connection out is properly an adverb, and 
of a preposition, but out of may be regarded as a compound 
preposition, like into or upon.] (a) Forth from. (1) From 
within ; from the bounds, precincts, possession, contain- 
ing, holding, or grasp of : as, out of the door or window ; 
out of his clutches ; out of the darkness and silence. 
There thai demet the duke, as by du right, 
All his londes to lose, & launche out of towne. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S), L 12306. 
The swoord was never yet out of theyr hand. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
See where he looks out of the window. 
Shak., T. of the S., v. 1. 56. 
Thou, at the sight 
Pleased, out of heaven shall look down and smile. 
Milton, P. L., ill. 267. 
The Butler refused to scratch Hough's name out of the 
buttery-book. Mocaulay, Hist. Eng., viii. 
Flower in the crannied wall, 
I pluck you out of the crannies. 
Tennyson, Flower in the Crannied Wall. 
(2) From an origin, source, or place of derivation or sup- 
ply : as, out of evil good often comes. 
She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out 
of Man. Gen. it 23. 
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into 
the house, neither enter therein, to take anything out of 
his house. Mark xiii. 16. 
These my sky-robes spun out of Iris' woof. 
MUton, Comus, 1. 83. 
There came in my time to the Coll. one Nathaniel Co- 
nopios out of Greece. Evelyn, Diary, May 10, 1687. 
St. Paul quotes one of their poets for this saying, not- 
withstanding T. G.'s censure of them out of Horace. 
Bp. Stillingfleet. 
A military despotism rose out of the confusion. 
Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh. 
(3) From, as a motive or reason ; on account of : as, he did 
it out of kindness, pity, fear, etc. 
41SO 
Out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto 
,,,. ' 2 Cor. ii. 4. 
Out o/my love to you, I came hither. 
Shak., As you Like it, i. 1. 137. 
I ... unbosom'd all my secrets to thee, 
Not out of levity, but overpower'd 
By thy request, who could deny thee nothing. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 880. 
I resolved to walk it, out of cheapness ; but my unhappy 
curiosity is such tliat I find it always my interest to take 
coach. Steele, Spectator, No. 454. 
I took my place on the stage, whence I could see the ac- 
tors of my poor piece. . . . I suppose the performers gave 
me a wide berth out of pity for me. 
Thackeray, Virginians, Ixrs. 
(4) From among ; from the midst of ; by selection from. 
Officers chosen by the people yearly out of themselves, 
to order all things with public consent. 
Hooker, Eecles. Polity, Pref., ii. 
I have chosen you out of the world. John xvi. 19. 
They all or any six of them agreeing as before, may 
choose their president out of themselves. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 12S. 
The Northermost of them [islands] where we first an- 
chored I called the Duke of Grafton's Isle as soon as we 
landed on it, having married my Wife out of his Dutch- 
css's Family. Dampier, Voyages, I. 422. 
(5) From ; by means of ; by. 
Hold sou oust o/heie gates. 
WiU.ia.rn of Palerne, 1. 1691. 
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou or- 
dained strength. Ps. viii. 2. 
I learnt it out of women's faces. Shak., W. T., it 1. 12. 
(6) Forth from, so as to pass or reach beyond ; beyond the 
lines, limits, scope, sphere, reach, or influence of : as, to 
be out of sight ; out of hearing ; out of date ; time out of 
mind (that is, beyond the reach of memory). 
Laughing is reproueable if it be out of measure. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 106. 
If this had not been a gentlewoman , she should have been 
buried out o' Christian burial. Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. 28. 
Oh antiquity! 
Thy great examples of nobility 
Are out of imitation. 
Beau, and Ft., Honest Man's Fortune, i. 1. 
Joseph S. William ! stop Mr. Stanley, if he 's not gone. 
Rowley. Oh, he 's out of reach, I believe. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, v. 1. 
(c) Without ; bereft of. 
He wax neis anzt of his witte for wrath & for anger. 
William of Palerne, 1. 1204. 
Now, out of doubt, Antipholus is mad. 
Shak., C. of K, iv. 3.83. 
Oons ! he 's out of sight ! and I'm out of breath ! for my 
part! O, Sir Anthony, why didn't you stop him? why didn't 
you stop him? Sheridan, The Rivals, v. 2. 
He found himself left far behind, 
Both out of heart and out of wind. 
S. Butler, Hudibras. 
No one can get out of books, as some improvident people 
do of matches or coffee, and offer the fact as an excuse for 
borrowing. The Author, I. 68. 
Outof all hot. See/ioi. Out of all nickt. Seentcii. 
Out Of assizet, not In accordance with the statutory 
dimensions or weight. 
That euerich chaloun oner thre ellen of lengthe out of 
a-syse be forfeted. English GUds (E. E. T. S.), p. 362. 
Out Of blood, breath, etc. See the nouns. Out Of 
condition, in poor condition ; unserviceable. 
The horses are by far the finest, excepting officers' 
mounts, in the service, and are so greatly beloved and so 
affectionately cared for that they seldom get out of condi- 
tion. Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 826. 
Out Of countenance. See countenance. Out Of course, 
out of order ; disordered. 
All the foundations of the earth are out of course. 
Ps. Ixxxii. 5. 
Out Of court, in law, dismissed or dropped from the 
cause : usually said of one who by some default or for a 
defect in his case has lost his status as a suitor, and is no 
longer entitled to prosecute or defend the cause, unless 
by leave or fresh appearance. Out of cry, out 01 reach; 
inaccessible or not obtainable. 
I mused very much, what made them so to lie, 
Sith in their countrey Downe is rife, and feathers out of 
crie. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 387. 
Out of date. See datei. Out of diapason, doors, 
drawing, dreadt, fashion. See the nouns. Out of 
framet, out of order ; irregular; disordered. 
The king's majesty, when he cometh to age, will see a 
redress of these things so out of frame. Latimer. 
And therewithal came Curiousness and carped out of 
frame. 
A Praise of Mistress Byce (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 39). 
Like a German clock, 
Still a-repairing, ever out of frame. 
Shak., L. L. L., iii. 1. 193. 
Ont of igear, hand, hart, humor. See the nouns. 
Out of (his) time, after completion of an agreed term of 
apprenticeship : said of an apprentice. Out of joint. 
See joint. Out of kilter or kelter. See kilter. Out 
Of level, not on the same plane ; uneven, as a table. 
Out of one's beat. See bean. Out of one's element. 
See element, 4. Out of one's head. See head. Out of 
order, place, plumb, pocket, print, reason, register, 
season, sorts, square, temper. See the nouns. Out 
of the common, or out of common, unusual ; extraor- 
dinary ; more or less remarkable. 
I daresay Mr. Lobyer is tired of being a millionaire 
there are so many millionaires nowadays and a man must 
out 
be a billionaire if he wants to be anything out of the com- 
mon. Miss Braddon, Lady's Mile, xxii. 
Out of the way. See way. Out of time, touch, trim, 
true, tune, winding, work. See the nouns. 
li.prep. 1. From the interior of ; forth from. 
You have pushed out your gates the very defender of 
them. Shak., Cor., v. 2. 41. 
In and out 
The figures [of a carven chair], like a serpent, ran a scroll. 
Tennyson, lloly Grail. 
2. On the exterior of; outside of. 
The gods confound hear me, you good gods all - 
The Athenians both within and out that wall ! 
Shak., T. of A., iv. 1. 3X. 
3f. Beyond; past. 
William wel wigtli with-oute any fere, 
Mornyng out mesure to Melior he wendes, 
A siked ful sadli. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1640. 
[The use of out as a preposition is obsolete or poetic. A 
prepositional use is generally secured by subjoining of, 
from, or some other preposition to the adverb out. As a 
preposition out is often pleonastically preceded by from, 
from out of being also used in place of from out. 
I give this heavy weight from off my head, 
And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, 
The pride of kingly sway from out my heart. 
Shak., Rich. II., iv. 1. 208. 
Like that self -begotten bird 
In the Arabian woods embost, 
That no second knows nor third, 
And lay erewhile a holocaust, 
From out her ashy womb now teem'd, 
Revives. Milton, S. A., 1. 1703. 
Satan . . . landed safe 
From out of Chaos. MUton, P. L., x. 317. 
In those old days, one summer noon, an arm 
Rose up from out the bosom of the lake. 
Tennyson, Passing of Arthur. 
All feebleness from, out her did she cast 
With thought of love and death that drew anear. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 318.) 
[In composition out has either its ordinary adverbial sense, 
as in outcast, outcome, outlook, etc., or a prepositional force, 
as in outdoors, or forms transitive verbs denoting a going 
beyond or surpassing of the object of the verb, in doing 
the act expressed by the word to which it is prefixed, as 
in outrun, outshine, outvenom, etc. In the last use espe- 
cially out may be used with almost any noun or verb. 
Only a few, comparatively, of such compounds are entered 
below ; and if of modern formation they are left without 
further etymological note.] 
out (out), interj. [Imperative and exclamatory 
use of out, adv.'] Begone! away! See the verb. 
Owte I owte ! I go wode [mad] for wo. York Plays, p. 5. 
Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! 
SAot.,Lucrece, 1.1016. 
Col. I would kill the King, 
That wrong'd you and your daughter. 
Mel. Out, traitor ! 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, iii. 2. 
Out, out, hyaena ! these are thy wonted arts, 
And arts of every woman false like thee. 
Milton, S. A., 1.748. 
"Out, you imp of Satan !" said his master; "vanish 
begone or my conjuring rod goes about your ears. ' 
Scott, Fortunes of Nigel. 
Out, harrow It alas, help me! See harrows. Skelton. 
Out on, out upon, shame on ; a curse on. 
Owte on the, Lucifer, lurdan ! oure lyghte has thee lorne. 
York Plays, p. 6. 
I am wild as winter, 
Ambitions as the devil ; out upon me ! 
I hate myself, sir. Fletcher, Mad Lover, iv. 4. 
Out on my wretched humour ! it is that 
Makes me thus monstrous in true humane eyes. 
B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iii. 2. 
Now, "c/ upon thee, canting knave ! 
Whittier, The Exiles. 
Out with. () Away with. 
Joseph S. Sir, by heaven you shall go ! 
Charles S. Ay, out with him, certainly ! 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, v. 3. 
(b) Draw, do, say, etc., at once. 
Out with thy sword ; and, hand in hand with me, 
Rush to the chamber of this hated king. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, iv. 2. 
Out with it, Sir John ; do not envy your friend the plea- 
sure of hearing. B. Jonson, Epiccene, v. 1. 
out (out), . and n. [< out, adv.'} I. o. 1. Ex- 
ternal; exterior: used in composition: as, 
which side the outside or the inside? 
I wish 200 footemen and fiftye horsemen to be placed 
. . . soe as they mighte keepe bothe the O-Relyes, and 
also the O-Farrels, and all that otrt-skirte of Meathe in 
awe. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
Her fame had spread itself to the very otrf-edge and cir- 
cumference of that circle. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 13. 
2f. Outlying: used in composition : as, owfpost, 
oihouse. 
Orgayle and Orkenay, and alle this owte iles. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 30. 
Cephalonia ... is an out Hand in the dominions of 
Grecia. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 168. 
3f. Out of the way; remote; foreign. 
For this cause also doe I greatly dislike the Lord Depu- 
tyes seating at Dublin, being the outest corner in the 
realme, and least needing the awe of his presence. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
