单词 | out-ward |
释义 | out-wardn.2 1. An outlying ward; a ward outside the original bounds of a borough, spec. (now historical) a ward in the city of New York. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative division of borough, town, or city ward1377 liberty1455 overward1485 out-parish1577 aldermanry1598 city ward1640 in-parisha1676 out-ward1701 1701 in J. Riker Harlem (1881) xxii. 444 All that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being on the Island of Manhattans, within the Out Ward of the city of New York. 1768 N.Y. Gaz. & Weekly Mercury 13 June John Taylor, Late of Cow-Foot-Hill in the City of New-York, Upholsterer, but now of the Glass-House, at Newfoundland, in the Out-Ward of the said City. 1773 N.Y. Gaz. & Weekly Mercury 17 May The large, commodious and well fitted House and Gardens, in the Out-Ward of this City, wherein Col. James formerly lived. 1862 Laws State N.Y. 11 An Act for the better fixing and ascertaining the division line between Montgomere Ward and the Out ward of the city of New York. 1871 Windsor & Eton Express 4 Nov. In the Out-Ward the election has terminated in the only way that could have been anticipated. 2. A ward of a hospital which is detached from the main building, or which has a separate entrance. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ward > types of ward foul ward1734 day ward1801 eye ward1828 casualty ward1836 scarlet ward1888 out-ward1890 observation ward1908 open ward1919 casualty1927 post-op1929 Nightingale ward1930 private1942 surgical1961 SCBU1968 NICU1971 pre-op1991 1890 Cent. Dict. Out-ward,..a ward in a separate wing or a building attached to a hospital. 1915 F. W. Denys Our Summer in Vale of Kashmir xx. 169 (caption) Convalescents in an out-ward of the Mission Hospital. 1929 F. A. Pottle Stretchers ii. 41 The unlucky nine..were promptly segregated and installed by themselves in cavalry barn E38, a sort of out-ward of the general hospital. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † out-wardv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To ward off; to keep (a person or thing) out. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold [verb (transitive)] > resist outholda1460 answer1468 receive1477 resist1533 out-ward1596 oppugn1636 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M7v Ne any armour could his dint out ward . View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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