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OUTKNAVE — OUTWALL NWAD OUTKNAVE.1

OUTKNAVE, v.t. outna’ve. To surpass in knavery. NWAD OUTKNAVE.1

OUTLAND, a. Foreign. Obs. NWAD OUTLAND.1

OUTLANDER, n. A foreigner; not a native. Obs. NWAD OUTLANDER.1

OUTLANDISH, a. NWAD OUTLANDISH.1

1. Foreign; not native. NWAD OUTLANDISH.2

Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Nehemiah 13:26. NWAD OUTLANDISH.3

2. Born or produced in the interior country, or among rude people; hence, vulgar; rustic; rude; clownish. [This is the sense in which the word is among us most generally used.] NWAD OUTLANDISH.4

OUTLAST, v.t. To last longer than something else; to exceed in duration. Candles laid in bran will outlast others of the same stuff. NWAD OUTLAST.1

OUTLAW, n. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Formerly any person might kill an outlaw; but it is now held unlawful for any person to put to death an outlaw, except the sheriff, who has a warrant for that purpose. NWAD OUTLAW.1

OUTLAW, v.t. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to proscribe. NWAD OUTLAW.2

OUTLAWED, pp. Excluded from the benefit of law. NWAD OUTLAWED.1

OUTLAWING, ppr. Depriving of the benefit of law. NWAD OUTLAWING.1

OUTLAWRY, n. The putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man is deprived of that protection; the punishment of a man who when called into court, contemptuously refuses to appear. NWAD OUTLAWRY.1

OUTLAY, n. A laying out or expending; expenditure. NWAD OUTLAY.1

OUTLEAP, v.t. To leap beyond; to pass by leaping. NWAD OUTLEAP.1

OUTLEAP, n. Sally; flight; escape. NWAD OUTLEAP.2

OUTLET, n. Passage outward; the place or the means by which any thing escapes or is discharged. A gate is the outlet of a city or fort. The mouth of a river is its outlet. Colonies are the outlets of a populous nation. NWAD OUTLET.1

OUTLICKER, n. In ships, a small piece of timber fastened to the top of the poop. NWAD OUTLICKER.1

OUTLIE, v.t. To exceed in lying. NWAD OUTLIE.1

OUTLIER, n. One who does not reside in the place with which his office or duty connects him. NWAD OUTLIER.1

OUTLINE, n. Contour; the line by which a figure is defined; the exterior line. NWAD OUTLINE.1

OUTLINE, v.t. To draw the exterior line; to delineate; to sketch. NWAD OUTLINE.2

OUTLIVE, v.t. outliv’. NWAD OUTLIVE.1

1. To live beyond; to survive; to live after something has ceased; as, a man may outlive his children; a person may outlive his estate, his fame and his usefulness. NWAD OUTLIVE.2

They live too long who happiness outlive. NWAD OUTLIVE.3

2. To live better or to better purpose. NWAD OUTLIVE.4

OUTLIVER, n. A survivor. NWAD OUTLIVER.1

OUTLOOK, v.t. NWAD OUTLOOK.1

1. To face down; to browbeat. NWAD OUTLOOK.2

2. To select. [Not in use.] NWAD OUTLOOK.3

OUTLOOK, n. Vigilant watch; foresight. [But look-out is generally used.] NWAD OUTLOOK.4

OUTLOPE, n. [See Lope and Leap.] An excursion. [Not used.] NWAD OUTLOPE.1

OUTLUSTER, OUTLUSTRE, v.t. To excel in brightness. NWAD OUTLUSTER.1

OUTLYING, a. NWAD OUTLYING.1

1. Lying or being at a distance from the main body or design. NWAD OUTLYING.2

2. Being on the exterior or frontier. NWAD OUTLYING.3

OUTMARCH, v.t. To march faster than; to march so as to leave behind. NWAD OUTMARCH.1

The horse outmarched the foot. NWAD OUTMARCH.2

OUTMEASURE, v.t. outmezh’ur. To exceed in measure or extent. NWAD OUTMEASURE.1

OUTMOST, a. Farthest outward; most remote from the middle. NWAD OUTMOST.1

OUTNUMBER, v.t. To exceed in number. The troops outnumbered those of the enemy. NWAD OUTNUMBER.1

OUTPACE, v.t. To outgo; to leave behind. NWAD OUTPACE.1

OUTPARAMOUR, v.t. [See Paramour.] To exceed in keeping mistresses. NWAD OUTPARAMOUR.1

OUTPARISH, n. A parish lying without the walls, or on the border. NWAD OUTPARISH.1

OUTPART, n. A part remote from the center or main part. NWAD OUTPART.1

OUTPASS, v.t. To pass beyond; to exceed in progress. NWAD OUTPASS.1

OUTPOISE, v.t. outpoiz’. To outweigh. NWAD OUTPOISE.1

OUTPORCH, n. An entrance. NWAD OUTPORCH.1

OUTPOST, n. NWAD OUTPOST.1

1. A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army. NWAD OUTPOST.2

2. The troops placed at such a station. NWAD OUTPOST.3

OUTPOUR, v.t. NWAD OUTPOUR.1

1. To pour out; to send forth in a stream. NWAD OUTPOUR.2

2. To effuse. NWAD OUTPOUR.3

OUTPOURING, n. A pouring out; effusion. NWAD OUTPOURING.1

OUTPRAY, v.t. To exceed in prayer or in earnestness of entreaty. NWAD OUTPRAY.1

OUTPREACH, v.t. To surpass in preaching; to produce more effect in inculcating lessons or truth. NWAD OUTPREACH.1

And for a villain’s quick conversion a pill’ry can outpreach a parson. NWAD OUTPREACH.2

OUTPRIZE, v.t. To exceed in value or estimated worth. NWAD OUTPRIZE.1

OUTRAGE, v.t. [L. ultra, beyond.] NWAD OUTRAGE.1

To treat with violence and wrong; to abuse by rude or insolent language; to injure by rough, rude treatment of any kind. NWAD OUTRAGE.2

Base and insolent minds outrage men, when they have hopes of doing it without a return. NWAD OUTRAGE.3

This interview outrages all decency. NWAD OUTRAGE.4

OUTRAGE, v.i. To commit exorbitances; to be guilty of violent rudeness. NWAD OUTRAGE.5
OUTRAGE, n. NWAD OUTRAGE.6

Injurious violence offered to persons or things; excessive abuse; wanton mischief. Rude abusive language, scurrility, or opprobrious and contemptuous words, may be an outrage to persons, or to decency and civility. A violent attack upon person or property is an outrage. NWAD OUTRAGE.7

He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went. NWAD OUTRAGE.8

OUTRAGEOUS, a. NWAD OUTRAGEOUS.1

1. Violent; furious; exorbitant; exceeding all bounds of moderation; as outrageous villainies; outrageous talk; outrageous abuse. NWAD OUTRAGEOUS.2

2. Excessive; exceeding reason or decency; as outrageous panegyric. NWAD OUTRAGEOUS.3

3. Enormous; atrocious; as outrageous crimes. NWAD OUTRAGEOUS.4

4. Tumultuous; turbulent. NWAD OUTRAGEOUS.5

OUTRAGEOUSLY, adv. With great violence; furiously; excessively. NWAD OUTRAGEOUSLY.1

OUTRAGEOUSNESS, n. Fury; violence; enormity. NWAD OUTRAGEOUSNESS.1

OUTRAZE, v.t. To raze to extermination. NWAD OUTRAZE.1

OUTRE, a. ootra’y. Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant. NWAD OUTRE.1

OUTREACH, v.t. To go or extend beyond. NWAD OUTREACH.1

OUTREASON, v.t. To excel or surpass in reasoning. NWAD OUTREASON.1

OUTRECKON, v.t. To exceed in assumed computation. NWAD OUTRECKON.1

OUTREIGN, v.t. To reign through the whole of. NWAD OUTREIGN.1

OUTRIDE, v.t. To pass by riding; to ride faster than. NWAD OUTRIDE.1

OUTRIDE, v.i. To travel about on horseback, or in a vehicle. NWAD OUTRIDE.2

OUTRIDER, n. NWAD OUTRIDER.1

1. A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Not used.] NWAD OUTRIDER.2

2. One who travels about on horseback. NWAD OUTRIDER.3

3. An attending servant. NWAD OUTRIDER.4

OUTRIGGER, n. In seamen’s language, a strong beam fixed on the side of a ship and projecting from it, in order to secure the masts in the operation of careening, by counteracting the strain it suffers from the effort of the careening tackle; also, a boom occasionally used in the tops to thrust out the breast back-stays to windward, to increase the angle of tension, and give additional security to the topmast. [See Prow.] NWAD OUTRIGGER.1

OUTRIGHT, adv. NWAD OUTRIGHT.1

1. Immediately; without delay; at once. NWAD OUTRIGHT.2

2. Completely. NWAD OUTRIGHT.3

OUTRIVAL, v.t. To surpass in excellence. NWAD OUTRIVAL.1

OUTROAR, v.t. To exceed in roaring. NWAD OUTROAR.1

OUTRODE, n. An excursion. NWAD OUTRODE.1

OUTROOT, v.t. To eradicate; to extirpate. NWAD OUTROOT.1

OUTRUN, v.t. NWAD OUTRUN.1

1. To exceed in running; to leave behind in running. NWAD OUTRUN.2

2. To exceed; as, to outrun one’s income. NWAD OUTRUN.3

OUTSAIL, v.t. To sail faster than; to leave behind in sailing. NWAD OUTSAIL.1

OUTSCAPE, n. Power of escaping. [Not used.] NWAD OUTSCAPE.1

OUTSCORN, v.t. To bear down or confront by contempt; to despise. NWAD OUTSCORN.1

OUTSCOURINGS, n. [out and scour.] Substances washed or scoured out. NWAD OUTSCOURINGS.1

OUTSELL, v.t. NWAD OUTSELL.1

1. To exceed in amount of sales. NWAD OUTSELL.2

2. To exceed in the prices of things sold. NWAD OUTSELL.3

3. To gain a higher price. NWAD OUTSELL.4

OUTSET, n. Beginning; first entrance on any business. NWAD OUTSET.1

Every thing almost depends upon giving a proper direction to this outset of life. NWAD OUTSET.2

OUTSHINE, v.t. NWAD OUTSHINE.1

1. To send forth brightness or luster. NWAD OUTSHINE.2

2. To excel in luster or excellence; as Homer outshines all other poets. NWAD OUTSHINE.3

OUTSHOOT, v.t. NWAD OUTSHOOT.1

1. To exceed in shooting. NWAD OUTSHOOT.2

2. To shoot beyond. NWAD OUTSHOOT.3

OUTSHUT, v.t. To shut out or exclude. NWAD OUTSHUT.1

OUTSIDE, n. NWAD OUTSIDE.1

1. The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies. NWAD OUTSIDE.2

2. Superficial appearance; exterior; as the outside of a man or of manners. NWAD OUTSIDE.3

Created beings see nothing but our outside. NWAD OUTSIDE.4

3. Person; external man. NWAD OUTSIDE.5

4. The part or place that lies without or beyond an inclosure. NWAD OUTSIDE.6

I threw open the door of my chamber and found the family standing on the outside. NWAD OUTSIDE.7

5. The utmost. NWAD OUTSIDE.8

OUTSIT, v.t. To sit beyond the time of any thing. NWAD OUTSIT.1

OUTSKIP, v.t. To avoid by flight. NWAD OUTSKIP.1

OUTSKIRT, n. Border; outpost; suburb. NWAD OUTSKIRT.1

OUTSLEEP, v.t. To sleep beyond. NWAD OUTSLEEP.1

OUTSOAR, v.t. To soar beyond. NWAD OUTSOAR.1

OUTSOUND, v.t. To surpass in sound. NWAD OUTSOUND.1

OUTSPEAK, v.t. To speak something beyond; to exceed. NWAD OUTSPEAK.1

OUTSPORT, v.t. To sport beyond; to outdo in sporting. NWAD OUTSPORT.1

OUTSPREAD, v.t. To extend; to spread; to diffuse. NWAD OUTSPREAD.1

OUTSTAND, v.t. NWAD OUTSTAND.1

1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. [Little used.] NWAD OUTSTAND.2

2. To stand beyond the proper time. NWAD OUTSTAND.3

OUTSTAND, v.i. To project outwards from the main body. NWAD OUTSTAND.4

OUTSTANDING, ppr. NWAD OUTSTANDING.1

1. Resisting effectually. [Little used.] NWAD OUTSTANDING.2

2. Projecting outward. NWAD OUTSTANDING.3

3. Not collected; unpaid; as outstanding debts. NWAD OUTSTANDING.4

The whole amount of revenues - as well outstanding as collected. NWAD OUTSTANDING.5

OUTSTARE, v.t. To face down; to browbeat; to outface with effrontery; as we say, to stare out of countenance. NWAD OUTSTARE.1

OUTSTEP, v.t. To step or go beyond; to exceed. NWAD OUTSTEP.1

OUTSTORM, v.t. To overbear by storming. NWAD OUTSTORM.1

Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies. NWAD OUTSTORM.2

OUTSTREET, n. A street in the extremities of a town. NWAD OUTSTREET.1

OUTSTRETCH, v.t. To extend; to stretch or spread out; to expand. NWAD OUTSTRETCH.1

OUTSTRIDE, v.t. To surpass in striding. NWAD OUTSTRIDE.1

OUTSTRIP, v.t. To outgo; to outrun; to advance beyond. NWAD OUTSTRIP.1

OUTSWEAR, v.t. To exceed in swearing; to overpower by swearing. NWAD OUTSWEAR.1

OUTSWEETEN, v.t. To exceed in sweetness. NWAD OUTSWEETEN.1

OUTSWELL, v.t. To overflow; to exceed in swelling. NWAD OUTSWELL.1

OUTTALK, v.t. outtauk’. To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking. NWAD OUTTALK.1

OUTTHROW, v.t. To throw out or beyond. NWAD OUTTHROW.1

OUTTONGUE, v.t. outtung’. To bear down by talk, clamor or noise. NWAD OUTTONGUE.1

OUTTOP, v.t. To overtop. [Not used.] NWAD OUTTOP.1

OUTVALUE, v.t. To exceed in price or value. NWAD OUTVALUE.1

OUTVENOM, v.t. To exceed in poison. NWAD OUTVENOM.1

OUTVIE, v.t. To exceed; to surpass. NWAD OUTVIE.1

OUTVILLAIN, v.t. To exceed in villainy. NWAD OUTVILLAIN.1

OUTVOICE, v.t. outvois’. To exceed in roaring or clamor. [Not used.] NWAD OUTVOICE.1

OUTVOTE, v.t. To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by plurality of suffrages. NWAD OUTVOTE.1

OUTWALK, v.t. outwauk’. NWAD OUTWALK.1

1. To walk faster than; to leave behind in walking. NWAD OUTWALK.2

2. To exceed the walking of a specter. NWAD OUTWALK.3

OUTWALL, n. NWAD OUTWALL.1

1. The exterior wall of a building or fortress. NWAD OUTWALL.2

2. Superficial appearance. [Unusual.] NWAD OUTWALL.3