Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: OUT-KNAVE – OUT-LIV'ER
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OUT-KNAVE, v.t. outna've.
To surpass in knavery. L'Estrange.
ER, n. A foreigner; not a native. [Obs.] Wood.
OUT'LAND, a. [Sax. utlande, a foreigner.]
Foreign. [Obs.] Strutt.
OUT-LAND'ISH, a. [Sax. utlaendisc; out and land.]
- Foreign; not native. Donne. Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Neh. xiii.
- Born or produced in the interior country, or among rode people; hence, vulgar; rustic; rude; clownish. [this is the sense ut whish the word is among us most generally used.]
OUT-LAST, v.t.
To last longer than something else; to exceed in duration. Candles laid in bran will outlast others of the same stuff. Bacon.
OUT-LASTED, pp.
Lasted longer than something else.
OUT'LAW, a. [Sax. utloga; out and law.]
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 sherif, who has a warrant for that purpose. Blackstone.
OUT'LAW, n.
A laying out or expending; expenditure.
OUT'LAW, v.t. [Sax. udagios.]
To deprive of the benefit end protection of law; to proscribe. Blackstone,
OUT'LAW-ED, pp.
Excluded from the benefit of law.
OUT'LAW-ING, ppr.
Depriving of the benefit of law.
OUT'LAW-RY, 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. Blackstone.
OUT'LEAP, a.
Sally; flight; escape. Locke.
OUT-LEAP, v.t.
To leap beyond; to pass by leaping.
OUT-LEAP-ED, pp.
Leaped beyond.
OUT-LEAP-ING, ppr.
Leaping beyond.
OUT'LET, 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. Bacon.
OUT'LICK-ER, n.
In ships, a small piece of timber fastened to the top of the poop.
OUT-LIE, v.t.
To exceed in lying. Hall.
OUT'LI-ER, n.
- One who does not reside in the place with, which his office or duty connects him. Frewen.
- A part lying without, or beyond the main body. Mantell.
OUT'LINE, n.
- Contour; the line by which a figure is defined; the exterior line.
- The first sketch of a figure.
- First general sketch of any scheme or design.
OUT'LIN-ED, pp.
Marked with an outline.
OUT-LIVE, v.t. outilv'.
- To live beyond; ro survive; to; live after something has ceased; as, a man may outlive his children; a person may outline his estate, his fame and his usefulness. They live too long who happiness outlive. Dryden.
- To live better or to better purpose. Scott.
OUT-LIV'ED, pp.
Survived; lived beyond.
OUT-LIV'ER, n.
A survivor.