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Utward, -t, adj. Also: utvard, -warde, uttwart, wtward, -vert, -wert, wttwart. [ME utward (Ancr. R.), utwarde (1503-4), vttward, uttwarde (both Tindale), f. as Outward adj.]For an (erron.) early instance of vtwarde, see the note to Outward adj. (n.).

1. Lying at or near the outside (of a place); outer, outermost. = Outward adj. 1. 1512–13 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 140.
That thay haif nalit vpoun thair staris and durris in the maist vtvard and sichty place of thair said houssis ane quhyt claith in taikin of thair infectioun a1578 Pitsc. I 303/24.
He … gart craftismen … build … ane great staine house [sc. in Dunbar Castle] … callit the wttwart blokehouse

b. That takes place outside the country; extraneous, foreign. = Outward adj. 1 b. a1538 Abell 51a.
This King Ferquhard had na wtwert batell bot amang the nobilis of the roim thare wes mony batellis intestin

2. External, visible, bodily, capable of being perceived by others; lacking in spirituality, substance or truth as opposed to inner or spiritual. = Outward adj. 3. 1533 Gau 13/22.
Thay reid and prais mekil, and dois mony wtuert fenȝeit warkis 1533 Gau 19/18.
God lukis notht the wtuert richtusnes quhilk mony keipis and dois wtuertlie in the sicht of men 1533 Gau 19/33.
Euerie man sal onderstand that the sinnis quhilk ar committit with the v wtuert wittis thay ar aganis the v and vi command 1549 Lamb Resonyng 129/1.
Ȝow, Scott, be ane vtwart man! Did nocht ȝour kyng James … homage to Henrie the vj? 1570 Leslie 98.
This wes declarit to be the uttwart caus moveing him, yit nochttheles he wes principallie movit to stay his cuming in Scotland becaus he had … weiris with the King of France a1578 Pitsc. I 129/8.
Mans nature can nocht persaif … farther of ane wther nor he may sie be wtward signnes and taikins 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 145.
Not imputation … of ane vtuard iustice, bot be participation of ane inuart iustice a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 290.
Tharefter the King began to shaw his utwart favor to the excommunicat Lords 1600-1610 Melvill 146.
By and besyde the inward hand of my God … I haid twa utward speciall comforts 1622-6 Bisset II 357/8.
How base, slender and humill he [Christ] semed in utwarde appeirance