Definition for OUT-SIDE

OUT-SIDE, n.

  1. The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies. Bacon. Dryden.
  2. Superficial appearance; exterior; as, the outside of a man or of manners. Created beings see nothing but our outside. Addison.
  3. Person; external man. Shak. Bacon.
  4. 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.
  5. The utmost. Mortimer.

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