Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OUT-SIDE
OUT-SIDE, n.
- The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies. Bacon. Dryden.
- Superficial appearance; exterior; as, the outside of a man or of manners. Created beings see nothing but our outside. Addison.
- Person; external man. Shak. Bacon.
- The part or place that lies without or beyond an inclosure. I threw open the door of my chamber and found the family standing on the outside. Spectator.
- The utmost. Mortimer.
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