outgoer 
outgoer (out 'go"er), . One who goes out ; one 
who leaves any place, land, office, etc.: op- 
posed to incomer. 
outgoing (out'g6"ing), n. 1. The act of going 
out. 
Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening 
to rejoice. Ps. Ixv. 8. 
2. That which goes out; outlay; expenditure: 
generally in the plural. 3. pi. Utmost border; 
extreme limits. 
The outgoings of their border were at Jordan. 
Josh. xix. 22. 
If I should ask thee . . . which are the outgoings of 
paradise : Peradventurethouwouldestsayunto mc,I never 
went clown into the deep, not as yet into hell. 
2 Esd. iv. 7, 8. 
outgoing (out'go"ing), a. Going out; depart- 
ing; removing: as, an outgoing tenant. 
outgraint (out-gran'), v. t. To surpass in deep- 
ness of dye or coloring; outredden; outblush. 
She blushed more than they, and of their own 
Blush made them all asham'd, to see how far 
It was outblushed and outorain'd by Her. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 45. 
outground (out'ground), n. Ground lying at a 
distance from one's residence, or from the main 
ground. Imp. Diet. 
outgrow (out-gro'), . t. 1. To surpass in 
growth ; grow beyond ; grow taller than. 
O, my lord, 
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth ; 
The prince my brother hath outgrown me far. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 1. 104. 
2. To grow beyond the limits of ; become too 
large for: said of what covers or incloses: as, 
children outgrow their clothes. 
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting Bea ! 
O. W. Holmes, The Chambered Nautilus. 
3. To exhaust by too rapid growth. 
" I doubt they'll outgrow their strength," she added, look- 
ing over their heads ... at their mother. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i. 7. 
4. To pass beyond the limits of; leave behind 
or lose in the process of growth or develop- 
ment: as, to outgrow one's usefulness. 
Much their work outgrew 
The hands' dispatch of two, gardening so wide. 
Milton, P. L.,ix. 202. 
On my Conscience, he 's a bashful Poet ; 
You think that strange no matter, he'll outgrow it. 
Congreve, Old Batchelor, Prol. 
outgrowth (out ' groth), n. 1. That which 
grows out; an excrescence : specifically, in bot., 
a collective term for the various excrescences 
or growths from the general surface of plants, 
such as trichomes, prickles, bristles, the ligulo 
of grasses, etc. 2. A development or growth 
from some other or earlier condition or state 
of things ; a growth, development, result, or re- 
sultant from any kind of cause or beginning. 
outguard (out'gard), n. A guard at a distance 
from the main body of an army ; the guard at 
the furthest distance ; hence, anything for de- 
fense placed at a distance from the thing to be 
defended. 
These outyuards of the mind. Sir R. Blackmore. 
OUthaul (out'hal), n. Naut., a rope used to haul 
out the tack of a jib or lower studdingsail, or 
the clue of a spanker. 
OUthauler (out'ha"ler), n. 1. A line or rope 
used to haul a net up to the surface of the water. 
2. Same as outhaul. 
OUtheest, n. See outas't. 
outhert, a., pron., and conj. A Middle English 
variant of other" 2 , either. 
OUt-herod (out-her'od), v. t. In the phrase to out- 
herod Herod, to be more violent than Herod (as 
represented in the old mystery plays) ; hence, 
to exceed in any excess of evil. 
I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Ter- 
magant; it out-hcrods Herod. Stiak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 15. 
The figure in question had md-Heroded Herod, and gone 
beyond the hounds of even the prince's indefinite decorum. 
Poe, Prose Tales, I. 343. 
Yet another and a very favourite emperor out-herods even 
this butcher [Gallienus], by boasting of the sabring which 
he had let loose amongst crowds of helpless women. 
De Quincey, Essenes, i. 
OUthesst, n. Same as outas*. 
outhouse (out'hous), n. [= Sw. uthug = Dan. 
udhus; s,8out + 1iouse 1 .] A small house or build- 
ing separate from the main house ; an outbuild- 
ing; specifically, in lain, under the definition 
of arson, a building contributory to habitation, 
separate from the main structure, and so by 
the common-law rules a parcel of the dwelling- 
house or not, according as it is within or with- 
out the curtilage. A rude structure for example, 
a thatched pigsty may be an outhouse, but it must be in 
some sense a complete building. Bishop. 
4184 
Ye'll gieto me a bed in an nuthouse 
For my young son and me, 
And the meanest servant in a' the place 
To wait on him and me. 
Lady Margaret (Child's Ballads, III. 393). 
outing (ou'ting), n. [< ME. outing, owtyiif/f; 
verbal n. of out, r.] If. An issuing forth to at- 
tack ; a sally ; a foray. Barbour. 2. An air- 
ing ; an excursion ; an expedition ; a pleasure- 
trip. 
Full of the sentiment of Sunday outings. 
The Century, XXVII. 34. 
3f. A driving forth ; expulsion; ejection. 
The late outing of the Presbyterian clergy, by their not 
renouncing the Covenant as the Act of Parliament com- 
mands, is the greatest piece of state now in discourse. 
Pepys, Diary, I. 330. 
4f. Avoidance. Prompt. Parv., p. 375. 5. A 
feast given by a craftsman to his friends at the 
end of his apprenticeship. [Prov. Eng.] 
OUt-islet (out'il), n. An outlying island. 
I accordingly will end this booke, purposing to speake 
of the out-Isles, Orcades, Hebudes or Hebrides, and of 
Shetland in their due place. 
Holland, tr. of Camden, ii. 64. (Dames.) 
outjestt (out-jest'), v. t. To overcome or drive 
away by jesting. 
Kent. But who is with him ? 
Gent. None but the fool ; who labours to autjest 
His heart-struck injuries. Shalt., Lear, iii. 1. 16. 
outjet (out' jet), n. That which projects from 
anything. Hugh Miller. [Rare.] 
outkeeper (out'ke'per), n. In sure., a small 
dial-plate having an index turned by a milled 
head underneath, used with the surveyor's com- 
pass to keep tally in measurement by chain. 
E. H. Knight. 
outlabor.outlabour (out-la'bor),fl. t. To outdo 
in labor, endurance, or suffering. 
Still I have fought, as if in beauty's sight, . . . 
Taught fasts, till bodys like our souls grew light; 
Out-watch'd the Jealous, and auttabour'd beast. 
Sir W. Davenant, Gondibert, II. 2. 
outlagert, n. [Also outlicker; < D. uittegger = 
E. outlier, q. v.] An outrigger. 
We had a good substantial Mast, and a mat Sail, and 
good Outlayers lasht very fast and firm on each side the 
Vessel, being made of strong Poles. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 492. 
outlaid! (out'lad), a. Laid out; exposed. 
To guard the out-laid Isle 
Of Walney. Drayton, Polyolbion, xxvii. 12. 
outlancedt, <* Projecting or edged like a lance. 
Therein two deadly weapons flxt he bore, 
Strongly outlaunced towards either side, 
Like two sharpe speares his enemies to gore. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 82. 
OUtland (out'land), n. and a. [< ME. *outland, 
outland, < AS. utland, foreign land (utlenda, a 
stranger) (= MLG. utlant, outlying land, = G. 
ausland, foreign countries, = Icel. utlond, outly- 
ing fields, foreign countries, = Sw. utlandet = 
Dan. udlandet, foreign countries), < ut, out, + 
land, land. Cf. inland.'] I. n. 1. Land lying 
beyond the limit of occupation or cultivation; 
outlying or frontier land. 
When they [Indians] go a hunting into the outlands, 
they commonly go out for the whole season with their wives 
and family. Beverley, Virginia, ii. 1 28. 
2. In feudal law, that part of the land of the 
manor occupied or enjoyed by the tenants. Also 
called utland and gesettes-land or gafol-land, as 
distinguished from inland. 
II. a. Foreign. 
The little lamb 
Nursed in our bosoms, . . . 
The outland pagans, with unlawful claim, 
Deprived us of. Strutt, Ancient Times, i. 1. 
Sir Valence wedded with an outland dame. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
outlandert (out'lan-der), n. [= D. uitlander 
= G. au^i lander; as outland + -er%. Cf. inlander.] 
A foreigner; a person who is not a native. 
Wood. 
outlandish (out-lan'dish), a. [< ME. outland- 
issh, < AS. utlendisc (= D. uitlandsch = MLG. 
utlandesch = G. auslandiscli = Sw. ntldndsk = 
Dan. udenlandsk), foreign, of outland origin, < 
utland, foreign land, + -isc, E. -ts* 1 . Cf. out- 
land.] 1. Of or belonging to a foreign country ; 
foreign; not native. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
No marchaunt yit ne fette outlandish ware. 
Chaucer, Former Age, 1. 22. 
There is noe outlandish man will us abide, 
Nor will us come nye. 
Ballad of King Arthur (Child's Ballads, I. 233). 
Outlandish wares are conueighed into the same Citie 
by the famous riuer of Thames. Hakluyt's Voyages, 1. 127. 
He had tak'n with him Alfrid his youngest Son to be 
there inaugurated King, and brought home with him an 
outlawry 
outlandish Wife ; for which they endeavourd to deprive 
him of his Kingdom. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. 
I suppose now they are some of your outlandish troops ; 
your foreign Hessians, or such like. 
Sheridan (?), The Camp, i. 2. 
2. Strange; unfamiliar; odd; uncouth; bar- 
barous; bizarre. 
You must not hunt for wild outlandish terms 
To stulf out a peculiar dialect. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
Divers good pictures, and many outlandish and Indian 
curiosities and things of nature. 
Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 10, 1644. 
When they preached, their outlandish accent moved the 
derision of the audience. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
3. Out of the way ; remote from society ; se- 
cluded. 
He resolved to settle in some outlandish part, where none 
could be found to know him. 
R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, v. 
OUtlandishert, A foreigner. 
For ten weeks together this rabble rout of outlandishers 
are billetted with her [Yarmouth] ; yet, in all that while, 
the rate of no kinde of food is raised. 
Xashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 149). 
outlandishliket (out-lan'dish-lik), adv. Out- 
landishly. Ascliam, The Scholemaster, p. 204. 
OUtlandishly (out-Ian 'dish-li), adv. In an out- 
landish manner. 
outlandishness (out-lan'dish-nes), n. The state 
or character of being outlandish. 
outlasht (out-lash'), v. i. To strike or hit out ; 
make a sudden attack or outburst. 
Malice hath a wide mouth, and loves to outlash in her 
relations. .FuZter, Pisgah Sight, III. (pt. ii.)iii. 5. (Dames.) 
OUtlash (out'lash), n. [< outla$h, r.] A lash- 
ing or striking out ; an outburst; an outbreak. 
Underneath the silence there was an outlash of hatred 
and vindictiveness. She wished that the marriage might 
make two people wretched besides herself. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxx. 
outlast (out-last'), v. t. To last longer than; 
exceed in duration ; outlive.. 
Sure I shall outlast him : 
This makes me young again, a score of years. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. 
Nature and nationality will outlast the transient policy 
of a new dynasty. I. D'lsraeli, Amen, of Lit., I. 79. 
OUtlaugh (out-laf '), v. t. [= D. vitlagchcn = G. 
auslachen = Dan. vdle. ] 1 . To surpass in laugh- 
ing. 
Each lady striving to outlaugh the rest, 
To make it seem they understood the jest. 
Dryden, Prol. to Carlell's Arviragus and Philicia, 1. 17. 
2. To laugh down; discourage or put out of 
countenance by laughing. 
outlaw (out'la), n. [< ME. outlawe, utlawe, ul- 
lage (ML. utlagus), < AS. utiaga, an outlaw (= 
Icel. utlagi, an outlaw, utiaga, outlawed), < ut, 
out, + lagu, law: see UIUJL.] 1. One who is 
excluded from the benefit of the law, or de- 
prived of its protection. Formerly it was law- 
ful in Great Britain for any one to kill such a 
person. See outlawry. 
Got mot thee save, brave Outlaw Murray ! 
Thy ladye, and all thy chyvalrie ! 
Sang of the Outlaw Murray (Child's Ballads, VI. 26). 
A poor, unminded outlaw sneaking home, 
My father gave him welcome to the shore. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 3. 58. 
2. A disorderly person living in defiant viola- 
tion of the law ; a habitual criminal. 
It is only for the outlaws, the dangerous classes, those 
who have thrown off the restraints of conscience, that we 
build prisons and establish courts. The law is for the 
lawless. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 200. 
= Syn. 2. Robber, bandit, brigand, freebooter, highway- 
man, marauder. 
outlaw (out'la), v. t. [< ME. outlawen (ML. ut- 
lagare), < AS. utlagian, outlaw, < utiaga, an out- 
law: see outlaw, n.'] 1. To deprive of the ben- 
efit and protection of law ; declare an outlaw ; 
proscribe. 
I had a son, 
Now outlaw'd from my blood ; he sought my life, 
But lately, very late : I lov'd him, friend. 
Shak., Lear, iii. 4. 172. 
In Westminster-Hall you may Out-laiv a Man for forty 
Shillings. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 48. 
2. To remove from legal jurisdiction; deprive 
of legal force. An obligation which by reason of the 
lapse of tune has become barred by the statute of limita- 
tions, so that no action will lie on it, is said to be outlawed. 
outlawry (out'la-ri), n. [< ME. outlawry (ML. 
titlagaria); < outlaw + -)'/.] 1. The putting 
of a person out of the protection of law by 
legal means; also, the process by which one is 
deprived of that protection, or the condition of 
one so deprived: a punishment formerly im- 
posed on one who, when called into court, con- 
temptuously refused to appear, or evaded jus- 
tice by disappearing. In the earliest times outlawry 
