out 
4f. Unpaid; still due: as, "out charges," Pastrm 
Ij-ttm, III. 1^6. 
II. . 1. One wild is out; specifically, in 
)iolitif$, one out of office : opposed to an in : in 
this sense uscil chiefly in the plural. 
There was then (1775] only two political parties, the Inn 
an<l the mitt. J. Button. 
It was no longer an individual struggle, but a party r<ni- 
teat bt'twrrn the ins awl out*. 
IHckenx, Sketches from our Parish, iv. 
2. See ins ami mitx, under in 1 , . 3. Leave 
to go out; an outing; a holiday ramble or ex- 
cursion. [Collo((.] 
U London lawyers don't often get an out; and when 
we do, we like to make the most of ft. 
/'/.-/;. ,;. Bleak House, vlt 
Mir classed her scholars, heard their a's, ab's, acorns, 
and abandonments, gave them their nut*, rapped with the 
ferule on the window to call them in the only applica- 
tion she made of the instrument in question. 
S. Judd, Margaret, IL 1. 
Out to out, from outside to outside ; so as to include the 
whole hrciultb. -i/<\ or thickness : applied to measure- 
ments. Encyc. Diet. 
out (out), v. [< ME. auten, < AS. utian, put out, 
utter (= OHO. uzon, MHG. uzen, put out, refl. 
go out), < at, out: see out, adv. Cf. utter. In 
the intransitive use out is the adverb used 
elliptically (go, come, or some other verb being 
understood).] I. trans. 1. To put out; expel; 
eject; oust. 
The Bishop of Segovia . . . was nuted of his Office, ban- 
ished the Court, and confined to his Diocese. 
HmteU, Letters, I. 111. 21. 
Thomas Cranmcr was outed of his Fellowship In Jesus 
College for being married. 
Fuller, Hist. Camb. Univ., vL 34. 
Home of the ministers that had been outed for their non- 
conformity holding conventicles in Northamptonshire, my 
Uncle Benjamin and Father Josiah adhered to them. 
Franklin, Autobiography, p. 9. 
2f. To sell; dispose of; get rid of. 
With daunger mite we al onre chaffare ; 
Greet prees at market maketh deere ware. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 621. 
3f. To display; publish; utter. 
Who so that listeth auten his folye, 
Lat him come forth, and lerne multlplyo. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman s Tale, 1. 281. 
II. intrans. To go or come out; begone; be 
off; be removed or disclosed. 
Thus plagnd & torturde with dlspalre A feare, 
Out must the fact, he eon noe more forbeare. 
Times' WhiMe (E. E. T. 8.X p. 109. 
At the length truth will nut. Shot., M. of V., il. 2. 86. 
I have no great devotion, at this instant ; 
But for a prayer or two I will not out, sir. 
'la-mi, and !'!.. Knight of Malta, iv. 2. 
There, you see relationship, like murder, will out. 
Sheridan, The Critic, ill. 1. 
outact (out-akt')i *' I. trans. To exceed in act- 
ing. 
With that he fetch'd a groan. 
And fell again into a swoon, 
Shut both his eyes, and stopp'd his breath, 
And to the lite out-acted death. 
5. Butler, Hudibras, II. ill. 1146. 
He has made me heir to treasures 
Would make me outact a real widow's whining. 
Otway. 
II. intrans. To act openly and boldly. 
Almost from the first there had stood ont among the 
Kentuckians some broad, outspeaking, "iiim-tin : i exhibi- 
tions of exuberant animal vigor, of unbridled animal spir- 
Its. Harper't Mag., LXXIX. 568. 
OUt-activet (out-ak'tiv), v. t. f To exceed inac- 
tivity. 
No wonder If the younger out-active those who are more 
ancient. Fuller, Worthies (London), II. 336. 
out-and-out, adv. See out and out, under out, 
adv. 
He could spar better than Knuckles, the private, . . . 
and was the best batter and bowler, out and out, of the 
regimental club. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xiil. 
out-and-out (out'and-onf), a. [< out and out, 
ailr. : see under out, adv.] Thorough ; thor- 
ough-paced; absolute; genuine; complete; un- 
qualified : as, an out-and-out swindle. [Colloq.] 
The want of personal interest which people in general 
must feel in houses which are not their out-and-out prop- 
erty. Saturday Ken. 
out-and-outer (out'and-ou'ter), H. A thorough- 
goer; a first-rate fellow; one to be depended 
upon. [Colloq. or slang.] 
Master Olive was pronounced an out-and-outer, a swell, 
and no mistake. Thackeray, Newcomes, xvil. 
I am the man as is xnaranteed by unimpeachable refer- 
ences to be an out-and-outer in morals. 
Dickens, Nicholas Nlckleby, Ix. 
OUtas't, " [Also utas, titis; < ME. outa$, utas, 
< OF. (AF.) utas, utes, ute, the eighth, < ut, uit, 
263 
4181 
oil, F. huit,< L. octo = E. eight: see eight*. ] 
The octave (of a feast). 
Lette say these misses be jour hestes 
W ith-Inm- the via* of the festes. 
I'^ttical I'oemi, etc. (ed. Furnlvall), p. 67. 
The name Adam by a decree of the Church was on the 
\INTI, liiy aft IT Hi.- mitai of Easter the yecre 1S2S, burnt at 
t, tr. of Camden, 11. 181. (Davits.) 
hese cried there, like mad moody Bedlams, as they heard 
thunder, "They are damned, they are damned '; their 
' 
OUtas-t, ". [Early mod. E. alsooir/i*. uti.*. nin* ; 
< ME. ouliiM, tiwtas, outhees, < ML. utln^ium, out- 
cry, hue and cry, < AS., etc.,ut, out, + ML. IIHI-- 
Hiiim, hutrsiitm, etc., hue: see hue?. The word 
has been assimilated to outan 1 .] Hue; hue 
and cry; outcry; uproar. 
Yet saugh I woodnesse laughyng, on his rage, 
Armed complelnt, outhetn, and tiers out-rage. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1164. 
God graunte, and at the reverence of God help too, that 
an "utii* and clamour be made upon the Lord Scales, prey- 
Ing hyni for the weel of the cuntre. fatton Letleri, 1 186. 
Hee slngeth as wee vse heere In Englande to hallow, 
wbope, or showte at houndes, and the rest of the company 
answere him with this Oulit, Igha, Igha, Igha. 
Haktuyt'i Voyaget, L 284. 
outas 2 t, v. i. [< outtufl, n.] To cry out with a 
loud voice ; shout. 
Th. 
the thu 
wise preachers outaring the same at Paul's cross. 
/.';.. /;'., Select Works, p. 244. 
OUtask (out-ask'), t). t. [= OFries. utaskia = 
Dan. udieske, challenge; as out + ask 1 .] To 
announce as about to be married by the third 
publication of banns ; ask in church for the last 
time. [Prov. Eng.] 
All other suitors were left in the lurch, 
And the parties had even been ottt-askfd in church. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 286. 
out-at-elbows (out'at-el'boz), a. [< out at el- 
bows: see out, adv., 8.] Worn out; threadbare; 
used up; trite. 
The threadbare and out-at-elbows theory of the Sepa- 
rators. Gladstone, Nineteenth Century, XXI. 479. 
outbalance (out-bal'ans), v. t. To outweigh; 
exceed in weight or effect. 
Hardiness, strength, and valour out-balanced In the pub- 
lic estimation the accomplishment* of the mind. 
Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 5. 
outbar (out-bar'), . t. To bar out ; especially, 
to shut out by bars or fortifications. 
Which [bordraglngs) to outbarre, with painefull pyonings, 
From sea to sea he heapt a mighty mound. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 63. 
outbargain (out-bar'gan), . t. To overreach 
or get the better of in a bargain. 
The two parties [in the marriage market] with their op- 
posite Interests stand at bay, or try to outwit or outbar- 
gain each other, Miss Edgeworth, Helen, xix. (Daricft.) 
outbeart (out-bar'), v. t. [< ME. outberen = 8w. 
utbdra = Dan. udbcere; < out + bear 1 .] To 
bear out ; support. Palsgrave. 
outbid (out-bid'), r. t. To bid more than; go 
beyond in the offer of a price. 
There is a good angel about him ; but the devil outbid! 
him too. SAo*.,2Hen. IV., il. 4. 363. 
I was outbid for Oliver Cromwell's nightcap. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 507. 
outbidder (out-bid'er), n. One who outbids. 
Ash. 
OUtblast (out-blasf), r. [< ME. outblasten; < 
out + blast 1 .] To blow out. 
outblown (out'blon), a. Inflated ; swelled with 
wind. 
At their roots grow floating palaces. 
Whose outblown bellies cut the yielding seas. 
1'rinlrii, Indian Emperor, I. 2. 
outblush (out-blush'), . t. To surpass in blush- 
ing ; exceed in rosy color. 
From my pale cheek the lively crimson fled, 
Which in my softer hours, you oft have sworn. 
With rosy beauty far outbluth'd the morn. 
Gay, Elegies, Panthea. 
outbluster (out-blus'ter), v. t. To exceed in 
blustering; get the better of by blustering; 
oust or deprive by means of blustering. 
If ever I steal a teapot, and my women don't stand up 
for me, pass the article under their shawls, . . . out-blun- 
ter the policeman, . . . those beings are not what I take 
them to be. 
Thackeray, Roundabout Papers, On a Medal of George IV. 
outboard (out'bord), a. Naut., outward : noting 
anything that is without or on or toward the 
outside of a ship: as, the outboard works; the 
mi/hoard end of a propeller-shaft. See inboard. 
outboard (out'bord), arfr. \aiit., in a direc- 
tion laterally away from the center of a ship : 
the opposite of inboard : as, to move an object 
outboard. 
out-boltt (out-bolt'), v. t. To bolt out. 
outbreathe 
Those . . . first bint out Episcopacy, that they may blot 
and out bolt, net up and pull down Magistracy. 
Bp. Oauden, Tears of the Church, p. r>f>7. (Daviet.) 
OUtbond (out'bond), ll. Ill firrh. Sec nilnni/l. 
outborn (out'bdrn), a. Foreign; not native. 
JiilmmiH. [Rare.] 
outbound (out'bound), n. Outward bound. 
Triumphant Names upon the water float. 
And iiut-biiund ships at home their voyage end. 
Dryden, Annus Hirabllls, st. 204. 
OUtbound8(out'boundz), n.pl. Out ward bounds; 
extreme limits or boundaries. 
Belfast, Armagh, and Carlingfoord, which are now the 
most out-baunda and abandoned places In the Knglixh 
Pale. Spenier, State of Ireland. 
outbowed (out'bod), a. Bowed or bent out- 
ward; curved outward; bellied. 
The convex or out-bowed side of a vessell will hold no- 
thing. Bp. Hall, Holy Panegyric. 
outbrag (out -brag'), v. t. 1. To surpass in 
bragging or bravado; outbrave. 2f. To sur- 
pass in beauty. 
His phcenix down began but to appear, 
Like unshorn velvet, on that termless skin 
Whose bare out-bragg'd the web It seem'd to wear. 
Sluil,., Lover's Complaint, 1. 95. 
outbraidt, *'. ' [< ME. oiitbreiden, outebreydtn 
(pret. outebreyde), awake, < out + braid, move, 
rouse, etc. : see braid 1 ."] To awake. 
outbrastt, f. i. An obsolete variant of outburst. 
Chaucer. 
outbrave (out-brav'), v. t. To surpass in brav- 
ing or defying; exceed in daring or audacity. 
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, 
Outbrave the heart most daring on the earth, . . . 
To win thee, lady. Shalt., M. of V., IL 1. 28. 
He doth bear a golden bow. 
And a quiver, hanging low, 
Full of arrows that outbraoe 
Dian's shafts. B. Jonton, Hue and Cry. 
outbrayt (out-bra'), v. t. [< out + bray, used 
M ft variant of breathe or perhaps ftrairfi.] To 
breathe out. 
The snake that on his crest hot nre outbrayed. Fairfax. 
Whiles the sad pang approaching shee does feele, 
Brail* out her latest breath, and up her eies doth seele. 
Spenser, V. Q., II. I. 38. 
OUtbrazen (out-bra'zn), r. t. To exceed in bra- 
zening; disconcert or discomfit with a brazen 
face or impudence. Johnson. 
outbreak (out'brak), n. 1. A breaking out; 
an outburst ; a sudden and violent manifesta- 
tion: as, an outbreak of fever; an outbreak of 
popular indignation. 
Breathe his faults so quaintly 
That they may seem the taints of liberty, 
The flash and outbreak of a flery mind. 
Shale., Hamlet, IL 1. 33. 
2. A rupture of the peace ; a public disturbance 
or riot. 
A Whlteboy outbreak, attended by the usual circum- 
stances of disorder and violence, took place while Burke 
was In Ireland (1761 -S). J. Morley, Burke, p. 25. 
outbreak (out-brak'), r. i. [= OFries. utbre- 
ka = D. uitbreken = MLG. utbreken = 6. aus- 
brechen; as out + break.] To break or burst 
forth. 
Wsordlnate authority, thus galn'd, 
Knew not at first, or durst not, to proceed 
With an nut-l>rrakin<j course, but stood restrain'd 
Within the compass of respective heed. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, vll. 
Instead of subjecting her, he Is by the fresh mttbrfale- 
ing of her beauty captivated. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 47. 
From her worn tried heart there did outbreak 
Wild sobs and weeping. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, n. 14. 
outbreaker (out'bra'ker), n. A breaker or wave 
off the shore. Southey. 
outbreaking (out 'bra 'king), n. The act of 
breaking out ; an outbreak, 
out-breastt (out-bresf), v. t. To surpass in 
power of breast, chest, or voice ; outeing. 
I have heard 
Two emulous Philomels beat the ear o' the night 
With their contentious throats, now one the higher, 
Anon the other, then again the first, 
And by and by out-breatted. 
Fletcher (and another). Two Xoble Kinsmen, v. 3. 
outbreathe (out-breTH'), r. I. trans. 1. To ex- 
haust or deprive of breath. 
These mine eyes saw him In bloody state, 
Rendering faint quittance, wearied and outbreathed, 
To Harry Monmonth. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., L 1. 106. 
2. To breathe out ; expire. 
That sign of last outbreathed life did seem. Spenter. 
II. intrans. To issue as the breath; exhale. 
No smoak nor steam, ml breathing from the kitchen? 
There's little life I' th' hearth then. 
Fletcher (and another), Love's Pilgrimage, I. 1. 
