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To OUT-REI'GN, v. a. To reign through the whole of: 
In wretched prifon long he did remaine, 
Till they otit-reigned had their utmofl date. Spenfer. 
To OUT-RI'DE, v. a. To pafs by riding.—It boots 
not to perfuade your majefty to betake yourfelf to your 
chariot, to out-ride the (hower. Bp. Hall's Way of Peace. 
If you will fend me to the fartheft fea 
To fetch you pearls, the fun {hall not out-ride 
My reltlefs courle; nor any jewels be 
Treafur’d fo deep in the profoundeft main, 
But I will dig them thence, and come again. Beaumont. 
To OUT-RI'DE, v. n. To travel about on horfeback, 
or in a vehicle.—By diftance of place being rendered inca¬ 
pable of paying our refpefts to him, I am become a fuitor 
to you to conftitute an out-ruling lion, or (if you pleafe) 
a jackall or two, to receive and remit our homage in a 
more particular manner than is hitherto provided. Addi- 
fon's Guardian, N° 118. 
OUT-RI'DER, f. Afummoner, whofe office is to cite 
men before the Iheriff.—One who travels about on horfe¬ 
back, or in a vehicle.—There is needful to be an out-rider , 
or riding-furveyor, whofe bufinefs ffiould be to vifit the 
ports and fleets. Maydman's Naval Speculat. 1691. 
OUT-RIG'GER, f. A naval word, fignifying both a 
ftrong beam of timber fixed on the fide ot a fliip to fecure 
the malt in the aft of careening, and a fmall boom occa- 
fionally ufed on the tops. 
To OUT-RI'SE, v. a. To rife earlier than another. Scott. 
To OUT-RI'VAL, v. a. To furpafs in excellence.—■ 
There have been finer things fpoken of Auguftus than 
of any other man ; all the wits of his age having tried to 
oat-rival one another upon that fubjeft. Addifon's Guar¬ 
dian, N° 138. 
OU'T-ROAD, /. Excurfion.— He fet horfemen and 
footmen, to the end that, iffuing out, they might make 
out-roads upon the ways of Judea. 1 Mac. xv. 41. 
To OUT-RO'AR, v. a. To exceed in roaring: 
O that I were 
Upon the hill of Bafan, to out-roar 
The horned herd! Shahefpeare's Ant.andCleop. 
To OUT-ROO'T, v.a. To extirpate; to eradicate: 
Pernicious difcord feems 
Out-rooted from our more than iron age ; 
Since none, not ev’n our kings, approach-their temples 
With any mark of war’s deltruftive rage, , 
But facrifice unarmed. Rowe's Amb. Stepmother. 
To OUT-RUN', v.a. To leave behind in running.—■ 
When things are come to the execution, there is no fe- 
crecy comparable to celerity ; like the motion of a bul¬ 
let in the air, which flieth fo fwift as it out-runs the eye. 
Bacon. 
The expedition of my violent love 
Out-runs the paufer reafon. Shakefpearc's Macbeth. 
We may out-run, 
By violent fwiftnefs, that which we run at. Shakefpeare. 
To exceed.— We out-run the prefent income, as no; 
doubting to reimburfe ourfelves out of the profits of fome 
future projeft. Addifon. 
To OUT-SAI'L, v.a. To leave behind in failing.—She 
may out-fail me; I am a carvel to her. Beaumont and 
Tletcher's Wit without Money. 
OU'T-SCAPE,/ Power of efcaping: 
It pafs’d our powres to lift a log fo vail 
As barr’d all out-fcape. Chapman. 
To OUT-SCOR'N, v. a. To bear down or confront by 
contempt; to defpife ; not to mind: 
Strives in his little world of man t ' out-fcorn 
The to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain. Shakefpeare. 
To OUT-SELL', v.a. To exceed in the price for which a 
thing is fold ; to fell at a higher rate than another.—It 
would foon improve to fuch a height as to out-J'ell our 
neighbours, and thereby advance the proportion of our 
exported commodities. Temple. —To gain a higher price : 
Her pretty aftion did out-fell her gift. 
And yet enrich’d it too. Shahefpeare's Cymbeline. 
To OUT-SHI'NE, v.a. To emit luftre: 
Witnefs my fon, now in the ffiade of death ; 
Whofe bright outshining beams thy cloudy wrath 
Hath in eternal darknefs folded up. Shahefp. Rich. III. 
To excel in lullre.—Homer does not only out-Jhine all 
other poets in the variety, but alfo in the novelty, of hi* 
characters. Addifon. 
By Shakefpeare’s, Jonfon’s, Fletcher’s, lines. 
Our llage’s luftre Rome’s out-Jhines. Denham. 
To OUT-SHOO'T, v.a. To exceed in ffiooting: 
The forward youth 
Will learn to out-Jhoot you in your proper bow. Dryden. 
To ffioot beyond.—Men are refolved never to out-Jhoot 
their forefathers’ mark, but write one after another ; and 
fo the dance goes round in a circle. Norris. 
I'o OUT-SHUT', v.a. To exclude.—He out-Jhuts my 
prayer. Donne. 
To OUT-SIT', v.a. To fit beyond the time of any thing. 
—He that prolongs his meals, and facrifices his time, as 
well as his other conveniences, to his luxury, how quickly 
does he out-fit his pleafure ! South. 
OUT SKER'RIES, a duller of rocky iflets among the 
Shetland i(lands. Lat. 60.43. N. Ion. 0.45. W. 
To OUT-SKIP', v. a. To avoid by flight: 
Thou loft thyfelf, child Drufus, when thou thought’ll 
Thou could’il out-Jhip my vengeance, or out-lland 
The power I had to crulh thee into air. B. Jonfon. 
To OUT-SLEE'P, v. a. To deep beyond: 
Lovers, to bed; 'tis almoft fairy-time : 
I fear we (hall out-fleep the corning morn. ShaheJ'peare. 
To OUT-SO'AR, v. a. To foar beyond.— Let them clog 
their wings with the remembrance of thofe who have 
out-foared them, not in vain opinion, but true worth. 
Gov. of the Tongue. 
To OUT-SOU'ND, v.a. To exceed in found.— The 
hammers and melody of the inftruments might out-found 
the din within him. Hammond. 
To OUT-SPE'AK, v.a. To fpeak fomething beyond j 
to exceed : 
Rich Huffs and ornaments of houfehold 
I find at fuch proud rate, that it out-J'peahs 
Poffeffion of a fubjeft. ShaheJ'peare's Hen. VIII. 
To OUT-SPO'RT, v.a. To fport beyond : 
Let’s teach ourfelves that honourable Hop, 
Not to out fport .diferetion. Shakejpeare's Othello. 
To OUT-SPREAD', v. a. To extend; to diffufe."—With 
fails outfpread we fly. Pope. 
To OUT-STAN'D, v.a. To fupport; to refill.—Each 
could demolilh the other’s work with eafe enough, but 
not a man of them tolerably defend his own ; which was 
fure never to out-Jland the firil attack that was made. 
Woodward. —To Hand beyond the proper time : 
I have out-Jlood my time, which is material 
To th’ tender of our prefent. Shahefpeare's Cymbeline. 
To OUT-STAN'D, v.n. To protuberate from the main 
body. 
To OUT-STA'RE, v.a. To face down; to brow-beat; 
to out-face with effrontery : 
I would out-flare the fternell eyes that look, 
To win thee, lady. Shakejpeare's Merck . of Yen , 
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