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▪ I. ˈout-thrust, n.
[out- 7.]
The act or fact of thrusting or forcibly pushing outward; an outward thrust or thrusting pressure in any structure. Also transf. and fig.
1842Mech. Mag. Jan. 2 A bridge..so perfectly equilibrated, as to rest perpendicularly on its piers without any out-thrust whatever. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Out-thrust, a push forward or out at the door. A projection from a building. 1950J. Jenks From Ground Up xxi. 215 It was social and economic self-reliance at home that made possible an out-thrust of such vigour, that we became for a time not only the workshop of the world, but its merchant, carrier, and banker as well. 1955J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 162 An out-thrust of the eastward hills. 1973Baptist Federation of Canada Prayer Calendar 16 Aug., Pray that the out-thrust of the Gospel by individual Christians will be unobstructed by timidity, busyness and fear.
▪ II. ˈout-thrust, ppl. a.
[out- 11.]
Thrust out or forth, extended, projected.
1870Pall Mall G. 2 Nov. 11 The boy-Love seeking to bar the entry with his arm and strong outthrust wings. 1882W. M. Williams Science xxiii. 164 The out-thrust glaciers, the overflow down the valleys.
▪ III. out-ˈthrust, v.
[out- 15.]
trans. To thrust out. So ˈout-thruster. [out- 8.] One who thrusts out.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love ii. ix. (Skeat) l. 86 It closeth hertes so togider, that rancour is outthresten. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1421/2 Phasher was..the chiefe hereticke taker,..the outthruster of true godlinesse. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Out-thrusten.., turned out of doors; projected or thrown forward. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 4522 Outthrusting eyes—their very roots—like blood! 1887W. Morris tr. Homer's Odyssey I. x. 89 Sheer out-thrusting nesses each other hold in face. 1892G. Meredith Poems: Empty Purse 40 From him are the brutal and vain, The vile, the excessive, out-thrust. 1907Daily Mail 7 Dec. 6/4 He sat his horse as if he were a part of it, the reins dangling carelessly, his feet out-thrust in the huge Moorish stirrups. 1963C. D. Simak They walked like Men iii. 17 He lay back in the chair, with..his long legs outthrust into the shadow underneath the radio console. |