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English Dictionary: outer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outer
adj
  1. being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"
    Antonym(s): inner(a)
  2. located outside; "outer reality"
  3. being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outer \Out"er\, n.
      (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles
            surrounding the bull's-eye.
      (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outer \Out"er\, n. [From {Out}, v.]
      One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster;
      dispossession. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outer \Out"er\ (out"[etil]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS.
      [umac]tor, compar. of [umac]t, adv., out. See {Out}, {Utter},
      a.]
      Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the
      interior, from a given station, or from any space or position
      regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to
      {inner}; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the
      outer stump in cricket; the outer world.
  
      {Outer bar}, in England, the body of junior (or utter)
            barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a
            place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.
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