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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outred, n.2 [Rade n. Cf. Out-rode n.] A raid or foray. —a1670 Scot Staggering State (1754) 153.
He, … grieving that he had not that power in court that he thought his birth … deserved, leapt out and made sundry outreds against the King