OUTSCORN
OUTSCORN', verb transitive To bear down or confront by contempt; to despise.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OUTSCOURINGS
OUTSCOUR'INGS, noun [out and scour.] Substances washed or scoured out.
OUTSELL
OUTSELL', verb transitive1. To exceed in amount of sales.2. To exceed in the prices of things sold.3. To gain a higher price.
OUTSET
OUT'SET, noun Beginning; first entrance on any business.Every thing almost depends upon giving a proper direction to this outset of life.
OUTSHINE
OUTSHI'NE, verb transitive1. To send forth brightness or luster.2. To excel in luster or excellence; as Homer outshines all other poets.
OUTSHOOT
OUTSHOOT', verb transitive1. To exceed in shooting.2. To shoot beyond.
OUTSHUT
OUTSHUT', verb transitive To shut out or exclude.
OUTSIDE
OUTSI'DE, noun1. The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies.2. Superficial appearance; exterior; as the outside of a man or of ma...
OUTSIT
OUTSIT', verb transitive To sit beyond the time of any thing.
OUTSKIP
OUTSKIP', verb transitive To avoid by flight.
OUTSKIRT
OUT'SKIRT, noun Border; outpost; suburb.
OUTSLEEP
OUTSLEE'P, verb transitive To sleep beyond.
OUTSOAR
OUTSOAR, verb transitive To soar beyond.
OUTSOUND
OUTSOUND', verb transitive To surpass in sound.
OUTSPEAK
OUTSPE'AK, verb transitive To speak something beyond; to exceed.
OUTSPORT
OUTSPORT, verb transitive To sport beyond; to outdo in sporting.
OUTSPREAD
OUTSPREAD', verb intransitive To extend; to spread; to diffuse.
OUTSTAND
OUTSTAND', verb transitive1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. [Little used.]2. To stand beyond the proper time.OUTSTAND', verb intransitive To p...
OUTSTANDING
OUTSTAND'ING, participle present tense1. Resisting effectually. [Little used.]2. Projecting outward.3. Not collected; unpaid; as outstanding debts.The whole amount of revenues -...
OUTSTARE
OUTSTA'RE, verb transitive To face down; to browbeat; to outface with effrontery; as we say, to stare out of countenance.
OUTSTEP
OUTSTEP', verb transitive To step or go beyond; to exceed.
OUTSTORM
OUTSTORM', verb transitive To overbear by storming.Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies.
OUTSTREET
OUT'STREET, noun A street in the extremities of a town.
OUTSTRETCH
OUTSTRETCH', verb transitive To extend; to stretch or spread out; to expand.
OUTSTRIDE
OUTSTRI'DE, verb transitive To surpass in striding.
OUTSTRIP
OUTSTRIP', verb transitive To outgo; to outrun; to advance beyond.
OUTSWEAR
OUTSWEAR, verb transitive To exceed in swearing; to overpower by swearing.