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English Dictionary: outwork by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outwork
n
  1. subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outwork \Out*work"\, v. t.
      To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outwork \Out"work`\, n. (Fort.)
      A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work,
      as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. --Wilhelm.
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