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   out of
         adv 1: motivated by; "idleness is the trait of being idle out of
                  a reluctance to work"

English Dictionary: out(p) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
out of view
adv
  1. no longer visible; "the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight"
    Synonym(s): out of sight, out of view
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outvie
v
  1. be more of a rival than
    Synonym(s): outrival, outvie
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   O94type \O"[94]*type\, n. [Gr. [?] + -type.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which
      the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.

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]:
   Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same
      word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to
      dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].]
      1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to
            open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or
            other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if
            with a spade.
  
                     Be first to dig the ground.               --Dryden.
  
      2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
  
      3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing
            earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
  
      4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]
  
                     You should have seen children . . . dig and push
                     their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them:
                     Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear
                     pearls.                                             --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as,
            to dig down a wall.
  
      {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or
            obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine;
            to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is
            often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron
            ore, digging potatoes.
  
      {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.

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]:
   Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same
      word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to
      dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].]
      1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to
            open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or
            other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if
            with a spade.
  
                     Be first to dig the ground.               --Dryden.
  
      2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
  
      3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing
            earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
  
      4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]
  
                     You should have seen children . . . dig and push
                     their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them:
                     Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear
                     pearls.                                             --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as,
            to dig down a wall.
  
      {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or
            obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine;
            to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is
            often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron
            ore, digging potatoes.
  
      {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outbow \Out*bow"\, v. t.
      To excel in bowing. --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outtop \Out*top"\, v. t.
      To overtop. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outvie \Out*vie"\, v. t.
      To exceed in vying. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outweep \Out*weep"\, v. t.
      To exceed in weeping.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ODIF
  
      {Open Document Interchange Format}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ODP
  
      {Open Distributed Processing}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   OODB
  
      {object-oriented database}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   OTP
  
      1. {One-Time Password}.
  
      2. {Open Trading Protocol}.
  
      3. {One Time Programmable Read
      Only Memory}.
  
      4. {Open Telecom Platform}.
  
      (2001-08-28)
  
  
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