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or circumcifion, and the like judaical out-dated ceremo¬ 
nies j faith, the evangelical grace of giving up the whole 
heart to Chrift, without any fuch judaical obfervances. 
Hammond. 
To QUT-DO', v. a. To excel; to furpafs 5 to perform 
beyond another.-—He hath in this aftion out-done his 
former deeds doubly. Shakefpeare. 
I grieve to be out-done by Gay, 
In my own humourous biting way. Swift. 
OUT-DO'ING, f. The aft of doing beyond others; 
that which is done beyond others.—Mrs. Oldfield out-did 
her ufual out-doings. Cibber. 
To OUT-DRIN'K, v.a. To exceed in drinking.—To 
out-drink the fea, to out-fwear the gallant. Donne. — Out¬ 
drink a Dutchman draining of a fen. Cleaveland. 
To OUT-DWELL', v. a. To (lay beyond : 
He out-dwel/s his hour ; 
For lovers ever run before the clock. SkakeJ'peare. 
To OUT-FA'CE, v. a. To brave ; to bear down by (how 
of magnanimity; to bear down with impudence.—They 
bewrayed fome knowledge of their perfons, but were out¬ 
faced. Wotton. 
■ We (hall have old fwearing 
That they did give the rings away to men ; 
But we’ll out-face them and out-fwear them too. Shakefp. 
Doll thou come hither 
To cut-face me with leaping in her grave ? 
Be buried quick with her, and fo will I. Shakefpeare. 
To flare down.—We behold the fun and enjoy his light, 
as long as we look towards it circumfpeftly; we warm 
ourfelves fafely, while we fiand near the fire ; but, if we 
feek to out-face the one, to enter into the other, we forth¬ 
with become blind, or burnt. Raleigh. 
OU'T-FALL, /'. A canal or ditch to carry oft" water. 
Scott. 
To OUT-FAW'N, v.a. To excel in fawning; 
In affairs of lefs import, 
That neither do us good nor hurt. 
And they receive as little by, 
Out-fawn as much and out-comply ; 
And feem as fcrupuloufly juft 
To bait the hooks for greater truft. Hudibras. 
To OUT-FE'AST, v. a. To exceed in feafting.—He hath 
mt-feajled Anthony or Cleopatra’s luxury. Bp. Taylor. .. 
OU'T-FIELD LAND. A term applied to a fort of 
land in Scotland, which is fimilar to the uninclofed com¬ 
mon-field lands in this country. Lord Dundonald re¬ 
marks, that that part of the farm called the out-field 
land never receives any manure. After taking from it 
two or three crops of grain, it is left in the ftate it was in 
at reaping the laft crop, without flowing grafs-feeds for the 
produftion of any fort of herbage. During the firft two 
or three years, a fufficiency of grafls to maintain a couple 
of rabbits per acre is fcarcely produced. In the courfle of 
fome years, it acquires a fward ; and, after having been 
depaftured for fome years more, it is again fubmittedto 
the fame barbarous fvftem of hufbandry. 
It was a fort of diftinftion that exifted prior to the date 
of inclofures, and was likewife general throughout Engr 
land. It is wearing-out faft in Scotland, from the fame 
caufes which have operated in England. 
To OUT-FLAN'K, v.a. To out-reach the flank, or 
wing, of an army. 
To OUT-FLY', v. a. To leave behind in flight: 
Horofcope’s great foul. 
Rais’d on the pinions of the bounding wind, 
Out-few the rack, and left the hours behind. Garth. 
To OUT-FOOL', v. a. To exceed in folly: 
In life’s decline, when men relapfe 
Into the fports of youth, 
The fecond child out-fools the firft, 
And tempts the laffi of truth. Young , 
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OUT-FOR'M, f. External appearance : 
Cupid, who took vain delight 
In meer out-forms, until he loft his fight. 
Hath chang’d his foul, and made his objeftyou. B. Jonfott. 
To OUT-FROW'N, v.a. To frown down; to over¬ 
bear by frowns: 
For thee, oppreffed king, am I caft down, 
Myfelf could elfe out-frown falfe fortune’s frown. Shakefp. 
OU'T-GATE, f. Outlet; paffage outwards.— Thofe 
places are fo fit for trade, having mod convenient out- 
gates by divers ways to the fea, and in-gates to the richeft 
parts of the land, that they would loon be enriched. 
SpenJ'er. 
To OUT-GEN'ERAL, v. a. To exceed in military (kill 
or manoeuvre.—I' believe a Ruffian colonel would out¬ 
general him. Ld. Chtferfeld. 
To OUT-GIV'E, v. a. To furpafs in giving. — The 
bounteous play’r out-gave the pinching lord. Dnjden. 
To OUT-GO', v. a. pret. out-went ; part, outgone. —To 
furpafs; to excel.—While you praftifed the rudiments of 
war, you out-went all other captains ; and have fince 
found none but yourfelf alone to furpafs. Dryden .— 
Where they apply themfelves, none of their neighbours 
out-go them. Locke on Education.--To go beyond; to 
leave behind in going.—Many ran afoot thither out of all 
cities, and out-went them, and came unto him. Markv i. 33. 
—To circumvent; to over-reach.—Mollelfon thought us 
to have out-gone with a quaint invention. Denham. 
OUT-GO'ING,/. The aft of going out; the ftate of 
going forth.—Thou makeft the out-goings of the morn¬ 
ing and evening to rejoice. Pf. lxv. 8. 
To OUT-GRO'W, v. a. To furpafs in growth; to grow 
too great or too old for any thing.—This elfay wears a 
drefs that poffibly is not fo fuitable to the graver geniufes, 
who have out-grown all gaieties of ftyle and youthful re- 
liflies. Glanville's Scepfs. —The lawyer, the tradefman, 
the mechanic, have found fo many arts to deceive, that 
they far out-grow the common prudence of mankind. Swift. 
When fome virtue much out-grows the reft, 
It (hoots too faft and high. Dryden. 
OU'T-GUARD, f. One pofted at a diftance from the 
main body, as a defence.—As foon as any foreign objeft 
preffes upon the fenfe, thofe fpirits which are pofted upon 
the out-guards immediately fcowre oft’ to the brain. South. 
Thefe out-guards of the mind are fent abroad, 
And, Hill patrolling, beat the neighb’ring road; 
Or to the parts remote obedient fly, 
Keep polls advanc’d, and on the frontier lie. Blackmore. 
OU'T-HOUSE, f. A barn, liable, coach-houfe, cow- 
houfe, or any other convenience, attached, or belonging 
to, a dw'elling-houfe. 
To OUT-JEST', v. a. To overpower by jelling; 
The fool labours to out-jef 
His heart-ftruck injuries. Shakefpeare's K. Lear, 
To OUT-JUG'GLE, v.a. To furpafs in juggling.—He 
might verily think that I could out-lie the legends, and 
out-juggle a jefuit. Bp. Hall's Hon. of the Marr. Clergy. 
To bUT-KNA'VE, v.a. To furpafs in knavery.— The 
world calls it out-witting a man, when he’s only out- 
knaved. L'Ejlrange. 
To OUT-LAN'CE, v.a. To pufli out: 
Therein two deadly weapons fixt he bore. 
Strongly out-lancecl towards either fide. Spenfer. 
To OUT-LAS'T, v.a. To furpafs in duration.— Good 
houfewives, to make their candles burn the longer, lay 
them in bran, which makes them harder; infomuch as 
they will out-laf other candles of the fame fluff, almofi: 
half in half. Bacon's Nat. HiJl. 
This with the fabric of the world begun, 
Elder than light, and (hall out-laf the fun. Waller. 
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