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Webster 1913 Edition

Outer

Out′er

(out′ẽr)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
of
Out
.]
[AS.
ūtor
, compar. of
ūt
, adv., out. See
Out
,
Utter
,
Adj.
]
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.

Out′er

,
Noun.
(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.

Out′er

,
Noun.
[From
Out
,
Verb.
]
One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Outer

OUT'ER

,
Adj.
[comp. of out.] Being on the outside; external; opposed to inner; as the outer wall; the outer part of a thing; the outer court or gate.

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