outsailv.
/ˌaʊtˈseɪl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈseɪl/ transitive. To outdo or surpass (a person or vessel) in sailing; to sail faster or further than. Also in extended use: to outstrip.
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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail faster than
outsail1580
to run out of sight1624
outsteam1861
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
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to cut down1713
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outrate1955
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > outsail another vessel
outsail1580
outcarry1631
outbeara1665
wrong1685
society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail farther than
outsail1865
1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 21v Crepe close vnder baye, and hide your heads, when seas do rore. O busie bablars all..I haue out saild you cleane.
1616 G. Chapman Iliads of Homer in Whole Wks. of Homer xii. 181 When your friends Haue outsaild these: the danger that transcends Rests not in any counsaile to preuent.
a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) i. sig. B4v She may spare me her misen,..strike her maine petticoate, and yet outsaile me.
1675 E. Cocker Morals 31 Let none out-sail you in your Occupation.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 177 The Centurion..outsailed the two prizes.
1780 F. Fawkes Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius iv. 225 Outsailing thus yon' tardy ships, they sweep With skilful oars the wide Ionian deep.
1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. in Mag. Hist. (1911) xviii. i. 211 We..had not been at sea long before we were chased by a frigate, but outsailed her.
1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 245 Drake..outsailed Columbus by two thirds of the earth's circumference.
1883 D. Kemp in Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 323 ‘Smugglers’..could out-sail the cruisers on any point of sailing.
1929 A. T. Quiller-Couch Columbus at Seville in Poems 124 The Pinta might outsail, the Nina balk Their Admiral.
1992 Caribbean Week Apr. 28/1 The syndicate set up in Tokyo to send a boat to this year's gathering..will vie with several other contenders from different countries for the honour of outsailing the holders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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