outrigger 
oceans, to form a counterpoise and prevent the 
boat from upsetting. Such outriggers are sometimes 
placed cm both sides of the boat, sometimes only on one 
4188 
My Imagination out-runs all you can say. 
Steele, Tender Husband, iv. 1. 
outside 
He had arrested himself in the very outset. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 823. 
Canoe with Outrigger, 
side They generally consist of two spars, rigged out one 
from each end of the canoe, with a canoe-shaped block of 
wood or bamboo connecting their outer ends. 
5. In much. : (a) A pulley or wheel extended 
outside of the general frame of a machine. (6) 
The jib of a crane, or a joist projecting from a 
building to support a hoisting-tackle. 6. See 
the quotation. 
2 To run so as to escape; escape by or as by outsetter (out'sef'cr), n. An emigrant, Halh- 
running; hence, to elude. well. [Prov. Eng.] 
If these men have defeated the law and outrun native OUtsetting (out'set'mg), It. A beginning; start; 
punishment, though they can outstrip men, they have no outset, 
wings to My from God. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 176. Q j v m g little fortunes to young maidens in marriage with 
3 To uass beyond the bounds of; exceed: as, honest men of their own degree, who might, from such an 
to allow zeal to outrun discretion. ?succefs b6gi " thC W rW ' " " '" * 
Those who formerly had outrunne the canons with their Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison, III. 18. (Davies.) 
to thlrn. 6 "" OUtsetting (out'sef'ing), a. Setting outward or 
, XI. iii. 14. off -shore ; drawing or tending away from the 
laud. 
A strong outsettintj tide. 
Qualtrough, Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 229. 
OUtsettlement (out'set"l-ment), n. A settle- 
Fuller, Ch. 
A boy whose tongue outruns his knowledge. 
M. Arnold, Empedocles on Etna. 
To outrun the constable. See constable. 
II. intrans. To run out. 
When the whalehas been harpooned, the first order given me nt away from the main settlement. 
s "Stern all!" to clear the boat from the whale, and the ou tsettler (out'sef'ler), n. One who settles at 
lextis "Wet line!" to prevent the friction from the out- " >Vwn tr,p main boflv. 
next is 
m ' mnl > lme - 
nt theMction from te oJ- ^ maijl bod 
' U - S ' V "' ' 
&MS-.2g"" ^ ^ 8ide ' OUt-runnert (out'run'er), That which runs '^^fSgt^ASST- *' 
S^^S%l^-to*3^,^ < ^. or flows forth from a stream; a sidechannel or r j ghti ^. 8toiw beam , SAo ,., Rich . m., i. 3. 268. 
OUtrigger-hoist (out'rig-er-hoist), n. A hoist- OV I r B0 ^ - mrf . ranner of the riveri where the streams run II. trans. To shine more brightly than ; sur- 
ing-apparatus m guide-posts rigged out L no( . 8trongly v Lauson (Arber's Eng. Garner, 1. 194). pags j n brilliancy or luster ; hence, to be more 
an outer wall, as distinguished from a hatch- trugll (out . rush <) . j. To rush or issue out illustrious, beautiful, witty, etc., than ; surpass 
way-hoist. &. H. Knight. __ _ ^ or ,iHiv m- fnivihlv. Garth, tr. of Ovid's Meta- in some good quality. 
And all their tops bright glistening with gold, 
That seemed to outshine the dimmed skye. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. ix. 21. 
Ou 
ry S te; 
ME. outright, out- 
ry-fuii < out + right, adv.] 1. Straight on; 
right onward; directly; hence, at once; im- 
mediately ; without delay. 
(out'rush), n. A gushing or rushing 
out ; an outflow. 
outsail (out-sal'), v. t. To sail faster than; 
L 1057. leave behind in sailing. 
She may spare me her misen, and her bonnets, strike 
her main petticoat, and yet outsail me. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, i. 1. 
2 To the fun extent; completely; entirely; out-sale (out'sal), n. A public sale; an auction. 
- [To] make away the inheritance of God's holy tribe in an 
Mitmlr ? 'Tis an unthrifty sin. 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 206. (Dames.) outsnoo t (out-shot'), v. t. 1. To surpass or ex- 
put ouer) the were maae me m*uu c v ^,, .., Outscapet (out'skap), n. A way or opportunity cel in shooting, 
brought* him blyndflelde downe into the diepest doungeon to escape; escape. 
of that deuelish heresy. Sir T. More, Works, p. 483. g e w m neve r leave you, but in the midst of temptation 
will give you an outscape. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 186. 
" OUtSCOld (out-skold'), v. t. To surpass in scold- 6^r-^te~the"touth7~ Chapnum, All Fools, iv. 1. 
When these wretches had the ropes about their necks, 
the first was to be pardoned, the last hanged outright. 
Arbuthnot. 
altogether; without reservation: as, to settle 
a bargain outright. 
Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright : 
Presumptuous dame, ill-nurtured Eleanor. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., I 
I am a queen, a godesse, I know not what, 
And no constellation in all Heaven, but I outshine it. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 1. 
High on a throne of royal state, which far 
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, . . . 
Satan exalted sat. Milton, P. L, ii. 2. 
Homer does not only out-shine all other Poets in the Va- 
riety, but also in the Novelty of his Characters. 
Addisou, Spectator, No. 273. 
Johnny Cock out-shot a' the foresters. 
Johnny Cock (Child's Ballads, VI. 244). 
2. To shoot beyond ; overshoot. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, v. 1. 
A lie that is all a lie may be met and fought with outright. OUtSCOm (out-sk6rn'), v. t. 
Tennyson, The Grandmother, haughty disregard ; defy; despise. 
The relations between author and publisher are simply Kent. I know you. Where 's the king 1 
those between principal and agent, or, where an author Gent. Contending with the fretful element ; . . . 
sells outright, between buyer and seller. The Author, I. 52. Strives in his little world of man to out-scorn 
OUtrival (out-ri'val), v. t. To surpass ; excel. The to-and-fro conflicting wind ^ain^ ^ ^ ^ 
Having tried to outrival one Another uponthat subject. outsc(mring (out ' skour"ing), n.' Substance OUtshotS (out'shots), n. pl_ 
-^ - 1 or scoured out. 
Add 
To tear apart or sever 
Bp. Hall, Satires, IV. 
outrivet (out-riv'), v. t. 
forcibly or violently, 
i. 11. 
OUtroad (out'rod), w. [Formerly also outrode; 
< out + road; cf. inroad.] An excursion, ex- 
pedition, or foray : opposed to inroad. 
That issuing out they might make outroads upon the 
wavs of Judea, as the king had commanded him. 
1 Mac. xv. 41. 
But as for Africke, ever since the beginning of Valen- 
tinian his raigne it was all in combustion through the 
outrage of barbarous enemies, wholly set upon slaughter 
and spoile, that they made by bold and adventurous out- 
rodes. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus Marcellinus (1609). (Nares.) 
To exceed in roaring. 
O, that I were 
Upon the hill of Basan, to outroar 
The horned herd ! Shak., A. and C., iii. 13. 127. 
outromance (out-ro-mans'), . t. To exceed 
in romantic character. 
Their real sufferings outromanced the fictions of many 
errant adventurers. Fuller. 
never to outshoot their i 
Norris. 
v. OUtshot (out'shot), n. A projection ; the pro- 
To overcome by "^j " g part of a building. [Prov. Eng. and 
Scotch.] 
There was connected with this chamber, and opening 
into it, a small outsltot, or projecting part of the building, 
occupied by a little sleeping apartment. 
Scott, Monastery, xxvin. 
^ m v ,,_.__,. [See def.] In the 
manufacture of paper, "'the second quality of 
foufLen V t It To exceed in value white paper-rags : so called from the fact that, 
(out-sel ), v. t. if. loexceeum vaiu. an &* *>, " QtAn i, t.Vin s fi <>ond-niialitv razs 
excel 
in sorting the stock, the second-quality rags 
Herpretty action did outsell her gift, ^^f^^ ^ ^ * **** ** **"' 
And yet enrich'd it too^ ^^ . ( ^ ^ ^^(ouf Jho'), .. t. To present publicly ; 
exhibit openly. 
outroar (out-ror'), v. t. 
2. To exceed in amount of sales; sell better or 
more than. 
Take notice, she has my commission 
To add them in the next edition ; 
They may out-sell a better thing ; 
So halloo, boys ; God save the King ! 
Swvt, Furniture of a Woman's Mind. 
3. To sell for more than. 
He had his presses for 'em, and his wines 
Were held the best, and out-sold other men's. 
Fletcher (and another), Noble Gentleman, ii. 1. 
So good the grain growing here, that itoutselleth others 
some pence in the bushel. 
Fuller, Worthies, Cambridgeshire, I. 221. 
outsendt (out-send'), v. t. [< ME. outsenden; < 
out + send.] To send out or forth. 
What ! doth the Sun his rayes that he outrsends 
Smother or choke ? 
Dr. H. More, Psychathanasia, III. ii. 42. 
A message 
OUtroom (out'rom), n. A chamber on the con- 
fines of a house; an outlying or remote apart- ou tsendingt (out 'sen "ding), n. 
ment. abroad ; a thing sent out. 
Some out-room or corner of the dining-chamber. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, ii. 1. 
outropet, [< out + rope 2 , roup.] Sale by 
auction; outcry. 
As at common mitropes, when honsholds-stiift'c is to bee 
aolde, they cry, Who gives more? 
Dekker, Dead Tearme (1608). (Nares.) 
Vendreal'encant,toaellbypoTt,aaleoioutrope. Cotgrave. out-Servant (out'ser*vant),'m. 
outrun (out-run'), v. [< ME. outrennen; < out + does outside work. 
run.] I. trans. 1. To run past or beyond ; run Perhaps one of the out-senxtnbs had, through malice, ac- 
f urther or more swiftly than ; overcome in run- cident, or carelessness, flung in the stone, 
ning or racing; leave behind, as by superior Sutfl, Directions to Servants (Chamber-maid), 
speed; hence, to surpass in competition; out- outset (out'set), n. A setting out; beginning; 
rival ; get the better of. start. 
So they ran both together, and the other disciple did This is no pleasant prospect at the outset of a political 
outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. John xx. 4. journey. Burke. 
The sea being open vnto him, his outsendings might bee 
without view or noting. 
Daniel, Hist. Eng., p. 122. (Davies.) 
OUtsentry (out'sen"tri), n. ; pi. outsentries (-triz). 
Milit., a sentry placed considerably in advance ; 
a sentry who guards the approach to a place at 
a distance in advance of it ; a picket. 
A servant who 
He blusht to see another sunne below, 
Ne durst again his flerie face outshow. 
England's Helicon (1 814). ( Nares. ) 
outside (put'sid or out-sid'), n. and a. [< out + 
side 1 .] l.n. 1. The part or place that lies with- 
out or beyond an inclosure, barrier, or inclosing 
line or surface of any kind, as opposed to the 
inside, or the part or place that lies within. 
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round 
about. Ezek. "1. 5. 
I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the 
family standing on the outside. Spectator. 
2. One who or that which is without; particu- 
larly, a passenger on the outside of a coach or 
carriage. [Cofloq.] 
There was a good coach dinner, of which the box, the 
four front outsides, the one inside, Nicholas, the good-tem- 
pered man, and Mr. Squeers partook. 
Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, v. 
3. The external part of a thing; the outer sur- 
face ; the exterior. 
Show the inside of your purse to the outside of his hand, 
and no more ado. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 834. 
Men that look no farther than their outtides think health 
an appurtenance unto life. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 44. 
Courteously give me credit for a little more wisdom than 
appears upon my outside. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 6. 
4. External aspect or garb ; that which merely 
strikes the eye ; appearance. 
O what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! 
Shak., M. of V., i. 3. 104. 
Trusting our hopeful gentry unto pedants, 
Fellows of outside, and mere bark. 
B. Jons&n, Volpone, Ii. 1. 
