<B>out-Herod, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to surpass (anyone) in evil or extravagance. <BR><I>expr. <B>out-Herod Herod,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to outdo Herod (represented in the old mystery plays as a blustering tyrant) in violence. </I> <I>Ex. I could have such a fellow whipt for overdoing Termagant: it out-Herods Herod (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to outdo in any excess of evil or extravagance. <BR> <I>Ex. The figure in question had out-Heroded Herod, and gone beyond the bounds of even the prince's indefinite decorum (Edgar Allan Poe).</I> </DL>
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<B>outhit, </B>transitive verb, <B>-hit,</B> <B>-hitting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to surpass in hitting skill or number of hits. <BR> <I>Ex. Williams, 39, but still pulling the ball sharply, outhit Mickey Mantle, 25, by some 21 points (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>outhouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an enclosed outdoor toilet; privy. <DD><B> 2. </B>a separate building used in connection with a main building; outbuilding. <BR> <I>Ex. Near the farmhouse were sheds and other outhouses.</I> </DL>
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<B>outing, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a short pleasure trip or excursion; walk or drive. <BR> <I>Ex. On Sunday the family went on an outing to the beach.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a holiday spent outdoors away from home. <BR> <I>Ex. a weekend outing on the sea.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of the sea out from the shore; offing. <DD><B> 3. </B>the revealing of a person's homosexuality, especially a person who is well-known. <BR> <I>Ex. The real puzzle is in trying to come up with something helpful to say about outing: gay activists' narking on people for being gay (Spy Magazine).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or for an outing. <BR> <I>Ex. an outing dress.</I> </DL>
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<B>outing flannel</B> or <B>cloth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a soft cotton cloth with a short nap, woven to look like flannel. </DL>
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<B>out-island, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an outlying island. <BR> <I>Ex. I would rather make for an out-island like Eleuthera, which is well-spoken of, or remote Inagua with its flamingoes and spoonbills (Cyril Connolly).</I> </DL>
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<B>out-islander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of an out-island. </DL>
<A NAME="outjockey">
<B>outjockey, </B>transitive verb, <B>-eyed,</B> <B>-eying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to get the better of by adroitness or trickery; outwit. </DL>
<A NAME="outlaid">
<B>outlaid, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of <B>outlay.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="outlain">
<B>outlain, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past participle of <B>outlie</B> (1). </DL>
<B>outlandish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not familiar; strange or ridiculous; queer. <BR> <I>Ex. an outlandish hat. What outlandish manners!</I> (SYN) odd, bizarre. <DD><B> 2. </B>looking or sounding as if it belonged to a foreign country. <BR> <I>Ex. an outlandish custom or dialect.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>far removed from civilization; out-of-the-way; remote. <BR> <I>Ex. Alaska was once regarded as an outlandish place.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) foreign. <BR> <I>Ex. outlandish women (Nehemiah 13:26).</I> adv. <B>outlandishly.</B> noun <B>outlandishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="outlast">
<B>outlast, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to last longer than. <BR> <I>Ex. a work to outlast immortal Rome (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to outlive; survive. </DL>
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<B>outlaw, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a lawless person; criminal. (SYN) bandit, highwayman, desperado. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person outside the protection of the law; exile; outcast. <DD><B> 3. </B>an untamed or untamable horse or other animal. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make or declare unlawful. <BR> <I>Ex. A group of nations agreed to outlaw war.</I> (SYN) proscribe. <DD><B> 2. </B>to deprive of legal force. An outlawed debt is one that cannot be collected because it has been due too long. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make or declare (a person) an outlaw. </DL>
<A NAME="outlawry">
<B>outlawry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being condemned as an outlaw. Outlawry was formerly used as a punishment in England. Before the 1200's outlawry meant forfeiture of all possessions to the Crown, and liability to be killed with impunity. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being an outlaw. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of making or declaring illegal; outlawing. <BR> <I>Ex. the outlawry of war.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outlay">
<B>outlay, </B>noun, verb, <B>-laid,</B> <B>-laying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the action of spending or laying out money; expense. <BR> <I>Ex. a large outlay for clothing.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the amount spent; expenditure. <BR> <I>Ex. The outlay to acquire the business exceeded several million dollars.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to lay out; spend; expend. <BR> <I>Ex. to outlay money in improvements.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outleap">
<B>outleap, </B>verb, <B>-leaped</B> or <B>-leapt,</B> <B>-leaping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to leap out or forth. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to leap over or beyond. <DD><B> 2. </B>to surpass in leaping. <BR> <I>Ex. Rabbits outleap frogs in distance but not in number of hops.</I> </DL>
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<B>outlet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a means or place of letting out or getting out; way out; opening; exit. <BR> <I>Ex. an outlet of an express highway, (Figurative.) an outlet for one's energies.</I> (SYN) vent. <DD><B> b. </B>a stream that drains or flows out of a lake or other body of water. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a market for a product. <BR> <I>Ex. Discount houses are a growing and virtually indispensable outlet for goods (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a store selling the products of a particular manufacturer. <BR> <I>Ex. The shoe manufacturer had several outlets.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a place in a wall for inserting an electric plug. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=outlet box.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="outletbox">
<B>outlet box,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a metal box containing the wires to connect lamps, fixtures, and other devices to a system of electric wiring. </DL>
<A NAME="outlie">
<B>outlie</B> (1), verb, <B>-lay,</B> <B>-lain,</B> <B>-lying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to lie outside. <DD><B> 2. </B>to camp out. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to lie outside of or beyond. </DL>
<A NAME="outlie">
<B>outlie</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>-lied,</B> <B>-lying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to outdo in telling lies. </DL>
<A NAME="outlier">
<B>outlier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an outlying part of anything, detached from the main mass, body, or system to which it belongs. <DD><B> 2. </B>a part of a geological formation left detached through the removal of surrounding parts by denudation. <BR> <I>Ex. An outlier is surrounded by rocks older than itself.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who lives away from the place with which he is connected by business or otherwise. </DL>
<A NAME="outline">
<B>outline, </B>noun, verb, <B>-lined,</B> <B>-lining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a line that shows the shape of an object; line that bounds a figure. <BR> <I>Ex. We saw the outlines of the mountains against the evening sky. The outline of Italy suggests a boot.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a drawing or style of drawing that gives only outer lines without shading. <BR> <I>Ex. Make an outline of the scene before you paint.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a general plan, sketch, account, or report, giving only the main features; rough draft. <BR> <I>Ex. Make an outline before trying to write a composition. The teacher gave a brief outline of the work planned for the term.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to draw or trace the outer line of; draw in outline. <BR> <I>Ex. Outline a map of North America.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to indicate or define the outline of. <BR> <I>Ex. hills outlined against the sky. Each rib and every bone in his [a dog's] frame were outlined cleanly through the loose hide (Jack London).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to give a plan of; describe in general terms; sketch out. <BR> <I>Ex. She outlined her plans for a trip abroad.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in outline,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>with only the outline shown. </I> <I>Ex. The shore was dimly seen only in outline.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) with only the main features. <BR> <I>Ex. He presented his idea in outline before preparing a detailed plan.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>outlines,</B> </I>the main features or leading characteristics of any subject; general principles. <BR> <I>Ex. the outlines of science.</I> noun <B>outliner.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="outlinestitch">
<B>outline stitch,</B> <B>=stem stitch.</B></DL>
<A NAME="outlive">
<B>outlive, </B>transitive verb, <B>-lived,</B> <B>-living.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to live or last longer than; survive; outlast. <BR> <I>Ex. She outlived her older sister. The idea was good once, but it has outlived its usefulness.</I> </DL>
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<B>outlook, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>what one sees on looking out; view. <BR> <I>Ex. The room has a pleasant outlook.</I> (SYN) scene. <DD><B> 2. </B>what seems likely to happen; prospect. <BR> <I>Ex. the outlook for better times. The outlook for our picnic is not very good; it looks as if it will rain.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a way of thinking about things; attitude of mind; point of view. <BR> <I>Ex. a cheerful outlook on life.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a lookout; tower or other place to watch from. <DD><B> 5. </B>a vigilant watching. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to outdo in looks or appearance. <BR> <I>Ex. He tells the King he's going to outlook him (Calvin Trillin).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to disconcert by looking; stare down. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to look out or forth. <BR> <I>Ex. I saw those three wan shapes outlooking from the greenness of the woods (R. Buchanan).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outlying">
<B>outlying, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lying outside the boundary; far from the center; remote. <BR> <I>Ex. outlying suburbs, the lonely outlying houses of a settlement.</I> (SYN) distant, isolated, out-of-the-way. <DD><B> 2. </B>lying or situated outside certain limits. <BR> <I>Ex. a few outlying shoals, well beyond the marked channel.</I> </DL>
