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▪ I. † ˈoutman, n. Obs.
[out- 2.]
A dweller without the bounds; an outsider; a member of an out-company, one whose work is outside.
1493Charter in A. Laing Lindores Abbey & Newburgh xvii. (1876) 180 We ordane that no outman be maid burges but consent of the said abbot & convent. c1570Durham Depos. (Surtees) 116 Sir Thomas..dyd rebuke this examinate for making any busynes in that parish, being an out man. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §101 Every out-man to take all opportunities of landing upon the rock to work. 1890Ferguson Hist. Cumbld. xiii. 217 No outman was to bring flesh to the market unless he also brought the skin.
▪ II. outˈman, v. rare.
[out- 21.]
1. trans. To surpass in number of men, to out-number.
1691Bethel Providences of God (1694) 111 We out-tunn'd, out-gunn'd, and out-mann'd them.
2. To outdo as a man, to excel in manly qualities.
18..Carlyle (Ogilvie 1882), In gigantic ages, finding quite other men to outman and outstrip. |