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▪ I. out-ˈrail, v.1
[out- 18.]
trans. To outdo in railing; to surpass in the use of raillery.
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer i. i. (1735) 20 Thou mayst easily come to..out-rail a Wit. a1704T. Brown Sat. on Fr. King Wks. 1730 I. 59 He'd out-rail Oats, and curse both thee and Boufflers. 1876L. Stephen Eng. Th. 18th C. I. 178.
▪ II. out-ˈrail, v.2 nonce-wd.
[f. out- 21 + rail n.2 2 b.]
trans. To surpass in respect of a railing.
1866Ruskin Crown Wild Olive p. xii, The publichouse⁓keeper on the other side of the way presently buys another railing, to out-rail him with. |