English Dictionary: out of the blue | by the DICT Development Group |
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Otopathy \O*top"a*thy\, n. [Oto- + Gr. [?] to suffer.] (Med.) A diseased condition of the ear. | |
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Battery \Bat"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. 3. (Mil.) (a) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. (b) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. (c) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. {Barbette battery}. See {Barbette}. {Battery d'enfilade}, or {Enfilading battery}, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work. {Battery en [82]charpe}, one that plays obliquely. {Battery gun}, a gun capable of firing a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. {Battery wagon}, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. {In battery}, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. {Masked battery}, a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the enemy. {Out of battery}, or {From battery}, withdrawn, as a gun, to a position for loading. 4. (Elec.) (a) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. (b) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. Note: In the trough battery, copper and zinc plates, connected in pairs, divide the trough into cells, which are filled with an acid or oxidizing liquid; the effect is exhibited when wires connected with the two end-plates are brought together. In Daniell's battery, the metals are zinc and copper, the former in dilute sulphuric acid, or a solution of sulphate of zinc, the latter in a saturated solution of sulphate of copper. A modification of this is the common gravity battery, so called from the automatic action of the two fluids, which are separated by their specific gravities. In Grove's battery, platinum is the metal used with zinc; two fluids are used, one of them in a porous cell surrounded by the other. In Bunsen's or the carbon battery, the carbon of gas coke is substituted for the platinum of Grove's. In Leclanch[82]'s battery, the elements are zinc in a solution of ammonium chloride, and gas carbon surrounded with manganese dioxide in a porous cell. A secondary battery is a battery which usually has the two plates of the same kind, generally of lead, in dilute sulphuric acid, and which, when traversed by an electric current, becomes charged, and is then capable of giving a current of itself for a time, owing to chemical changes produced by the charging current. A storage battery is a kind of secondary battery used for accumulating and storing the energy of electrical charges or currents, usually by means of chemical work done by them; an accumulator. 5. A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc. 6. (Metallurgy) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. --Knight. 7. The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. 8. (Baseball) The pitcher and catcher together. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.] In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to {in} or {into}. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see {Out of}, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8] --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv. {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. {Out and out}. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8] or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the fire.[b8] {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also, {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8] --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8] --Latimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.] In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to {in} or {into}. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see {Out of}, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8] --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv. {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. {Out and out}. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8] or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the fire.[b8] {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also, {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8] --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8] --Latimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.] In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to {in} or {into}. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see {Out of}, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8] --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv. {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. {Out and out}. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8] or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the fire.[b8] {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also, {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8] --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8] --Latimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th[81]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d[94]r, Sw. d[94]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. dur, dv[be]ra. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Foreign}.] 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham. 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. --John x. 9. 4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads. Martin's office is now the second door in the street. --Arbuthnot. {Blank door}, {Blind door}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {In doors}, [or] {Within doors}, within the house. {Next door to}, near to; bordering on. A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. --L'Estrange. {Out of doors}, [or] {Without doors}, and, colloquially, {Out doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. --Locke. {To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door}, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. {To lie at one's door}, to be imputable or chargeable to. If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. --Dryden. Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel. | |
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Doubt \Doubt\, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See {Doubt}, v. i.] 1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation. Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know. --Sir W. Hamilton. Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty (which can never exist in any question of fact) but a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance of quilt. --Wharton. 2. Uncertainty of condition. Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. --Deut. xxviii. 66. 3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.] I stand in doubt of you. --Gal. iv. 20. Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt. --Spenser. 4. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection. To every doubt your answer is the same. --Blackmore. {No doubt}, undoubtedly; without doubt. {Out of doubt}, beyond doubt. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision; irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity; ambiguity; skepticism. | |
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{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc. {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above). | |
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Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low, common. Cf. {Immunity}, {Commune}, n. & v.] 1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property. Though life and sense be common to men and brutes. --Sir M. Hale. 2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer. Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker. The common enemy of man. --Shak. 3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary. Grief more than common grief. --Shak. 4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense. The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life. --W. Irving. This fact was infamous And ill beseeming any common man, Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak. Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A. Murphy. 5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.] What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. --Acts x. 15. 6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute. A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange. {Common bar} (Law) Same as {Blank bar}, under {Blank}. {Common barrator} (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. {Common Bench}, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. {Common brawler} (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See {Brawler}. {Common carrier} (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. {Common chord} (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth. {Common council}, the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other municipal corporation. {Common crier}, the crier of a town or city. {Common divisor} (Math.), a number or quantity that divides two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a common measure. {Common gender} (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender. {Common law}, a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls. --Wharton. Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law (especially of England), the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, as ascertained and expressed in the judgments of the courts. This term is often used in contradistinction from {statute law}. Many use it to designate a law common to the whole country. It is also used to designate the whole body of English (or other) law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local, civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See {Law}. {Common lawyer}, one versed in common law. {Common lewdness} (Law), the habitual performance of lewd acts in public. {Common multiple} (Arith.) See under {Multiple}. {Common noun} (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of a particular person or thing). {Common nuisance} (Law), that which is deleterious to the health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at large. {Common pleas}, one of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State. In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute. {Common prayer}, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained in the Book of Common Prayer. {Common school}, a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all. {Common scold} (Law), a woman addicted to scolding indiscriminately, in public. {Common seal}, a seal adopted and used by a corporation. {Common sense}. (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench. (b) Sound judgment. See under {Sense}. {Common time} (Mus.), that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions. {In common}, equally with another, or with others; owned, shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or affected equally. {Out of the common}, uncommon; extraordinary. {Tenant in common}, one holding real or personal property in common with others, having distinct but undivided interests. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {To make common cause with}, to join or ally one's self with. Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent; ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar; mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See {Mutual}, {Ordinary}, {General}. | |
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{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc. {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above). | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. 2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii. 25. It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon. 3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. --Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. --Macaulay. 4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? --Milton. 5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question. 6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak. {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question. {Leading question}. See under {Leading}. {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak. {Out of the question}. See under {Out}. {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it. --Cushing. {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}. {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate. Syn: Point; topic; subject. | |
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Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.] 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8] --Shak. I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}. {In the family way}. See under {Family}. {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1. {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the Vocabulary. {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success. {Out of the way}. See under {Out}. {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent. {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. {To give way}. See under {Give}. {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak. {To go the way of all the earth}, to die. | |
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{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc. {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above). | |
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{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc. {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above). | |
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{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc. {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above). | |
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True \True\, a. [Compar. {Truer}; superl. {Truest}.] [OE. trewe, AS. tre[a2]we faithful, true, from tre[a2]w fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. {Trow}, {Trust}, {Truth}.] 1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts. 2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original. Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge. Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton. Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert. 4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian. The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. --John i. 9. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. {Out of true}, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.] {A true bill} (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true. {True time}. See under {Time}. | |
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{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, [or] {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc. {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above). | |
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Patient \Pa"tient\, n. 1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient. --Gov. of Tongue. 2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse. Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. --Sir P. Sidney. {In patient}, a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary. {Out patient}, one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary. | |
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Outbid \Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Outbid} or {Outbade} ([?]); p. p. {Outbid} or {Outbidden} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Outbidding}.] To exceed or surpass in bidding. Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. --Pope. | |
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Outbid \Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Outbid} or {Outbade} ([?]); p. p. {Outbid} or {Outbidden} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Outbidding}.] To exceed or surpass in bidding. Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. --Pope. | |
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Outbid \Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Outbid} or {Outbade} ([?]); p. p. {Outbid} or {Outbidden} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Outbidding}.] To exceed or surpass in bidding. Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. --Pope. | |
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Outbidder \Out*bid"der\, n. One who outbids. --Johnson. | |
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Outbid \Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Outbid} or {Outbade} ([?]); p. p. {Outbid} or {Outbidden} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Outbidding}.] To exceed or surpass in bidding. Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. --Pope. | |
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Outbowed \Out"bowed`\, a. Convex; curved outward. [bd]The convex or outbowed side of a vessel.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Outbud \Out*bud"\, v. i. To sprout. [Poetic] --Spenser. | |
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Outfeat \Out*feat"\, v. t. To surpass in feats. | |
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Outfit \Out"fit\, n. A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad. | |
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Outfitter \Out"fit`ter\, n. One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business. | |
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Outfoot \Out*foot"\, v. t. To outrun or outwalk; hence, of a vessel, to outsail. [Colloq.] | |
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Out-of-door \Out`-of-door"\, a. Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See {Out of door}, under {Out}, adv. Amongst out-of-door delights. --G. Eliot. | |
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Out-of-the-way \Out`-of-the-way"\, a. See under {Out}, adv. | |
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Out-patient \Out"-pa`tient\, n. A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it. | |
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Output \Out"put`\, n. 1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time. 2. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the f[91]ces. See {Income}. Note: The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. --Foster. | |
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Outvote \Out*vote"\, v. t. To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes. --South. | |
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output the outside world via some kind of {output device}. Opposite: {input}. (1997-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
output device to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds or other media to a {display screen}, {printer}, loudspeaker or storage device. Most modern storage devices such as {disk drives} and {magnetic tape drives} act as both input and output devices, others such as {CD-ROM} are input only. (1997-03-18) |