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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Out, prep. Also: oute, owt. [ME. ut (c 1250), ME. and e.m.E. out(e, f. Outadv.: cf. Germ. aus, Du. uit, id.] = Out of prep. a. From within. b. From (a certain source). c. (From) outside (of). d. Not in, without. e. Around.a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 824 (C).
Blood That streymand out hys body yhood a1450 Fifteen Ois 50.
Or I out this warld pas a1500 Bk. Chess 2123.
Vnto the place the quhilk he first come owtb. 1658 Butler Leighton 297.
Out quich landis that therefoir the magistratis … may use their endevoirs to procure a localitie for the samen 1693 Argaty Baron Ct. 16 Dec.
The haill tennentis … to pey … tuelf peckis out of Lundies and the maynes of Argatie and the vther tuelf peckis out the rest of the barronyc. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 174.
& it hapnyt hyr in hy Oute the house to her gret cryd. 1470 Peebles B. Rec. I. 164.
That na swyn suld be haldyn out band na fund in na manys skath [etc.] 1633 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 380.
Poore decayed widowes … that have leved out publict scandalle. ?1438 Alex. ii. 3789.
All out the ches [F. tout entour l'eschequier] lay The knichtis of Grece to se the play