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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1531
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Outwing, Outewyng, n. [Wing n.; e.m.E. outwing (1596).] A wing (of an army). —1531 Bell. Boece I. 268.
At last the outwingis [M. outewyngis] of Romanis [L. extrema Romanorum cornua] be multitude of pepil ouirset thair ennimes fornens thaim


