单词 | outland |
释义 | outlandn.adj. A. n. 1. A foreign land. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > foreign land unkithOE eillandOE outlandOE wogland1953 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > land granted to feudal tenants outlandOE tenantry1794 OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxlvii. 3 He þine gemæru gemiclade, þu on utlandum ahtest sibbe. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3697 When ledys of owt-lonndys leppyn in waters. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 145 (MED) Euery day come newe tythyngis of..rewynge in the outlandis. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Niii To thentente they maye the better knowe the owte landes of euerye syde them. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 126 Many a tale..he had Concerning outlands good and bad That they had journeyed through. 1934 Tablet 14 July 45/1 A fine romantic tale of Cornwall in the days when the strange people of that strange outland were in the throes of ranting Methodism. 2. a. Outlying land (opposed to inland n. 1); spec. (a) Anglo-Saxon Law and Feudal Law, the portion of a manor or estate not retained by the lord but granted to tenants (now historical); (b) Scottish the (usually rougher or less easily cultivated) outskirts of an estate or arable area; also figurative. ΚΠ lOE Will of Brihtric & Ælfswið (Sawyer 1511) in A. Campbell Charters of Rochester (1973) 51 Wulfege & Ælfege his breðer Herigeardeshamme,..Wulfege þæt inland, & Ælfege þæt utland. 1458 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1888) I. 111 Eciam de vnop crofto vocato Halylandis cum ly Witlandis jacente [etc.]. 1508 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 79 That the said Thome Tulloch..sal hafe the halff of all the landis of Nes inland and owtland. 1578 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 143 The said land lay under the haid bwile of howis, and thair wes na owtlandis to outred the sister except the wit off the cuntre brak the samin. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Outland (among the Saxons), such Land as was let out to any Tenant meerly at the Pleasure of the Lord. 1786 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. (at cited word) George Annand..sowed out all the outland. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 478/2 Outland, land lying beyond the demesnes, and granted out to tenants at the will of the lord, like copyholds. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xviii. 285 She was too excited over Robin to give Aunt Josephine much but the ootlins of her mind. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles iii. 30 The word outland is more closely related to the system of inheritance. It is defined as land held in addition, but lying outside the principal holding or heid-bule. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. Usually in plural. The outlying lands of a province, district, or town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area nookc1480 out-country1639 outland1645 remoteness1694 backwoods1709 back county1775 remote1838 Mountains of the Moon1852 nowhere1871 the sticks1899 way back1901 downstate1905 back o' Bourke1918 far-back1926 woop woop1926 boohai?1946 bundu1946 Dogpatch1946 outback1954 toolies1961 upstate1965 Watford1973 1645 in New Haven Colonial Rec. 198 All such who are admitted planters into howselotts freely, but have had no outland formerly allotted to them, they shall each of them have 6 acres of upland to plant in. 1676 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 446 Wee are shut vp in our garisones and dare not goe abroad far to our outlandes, without som strength. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. vi. 40 When they [sc. Indians] go a Hunting into the Out-lands, they commonly go out for the whole Season, with their Wives and Family. 1731 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1859) IV. 442 An Act for erecting and incorporating the out-lands of the town of Providence, into three towns. 1875 J. H. Temple & G. Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass. 219 It was voted to distribute the more desirable outlands to the inhabitants by choice. 1931 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Oct. 14/6 Were it [sc. the weasel] the size of a bear or lion..the outlands would be unsafe for man unless he carried a gun. 1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 190 Someone comes here from the outlands, Trinidad. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation i. 9 The killer drives in his black Ferrari through the badlands and industrial outlands on a concrete road shimmering in the heat. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] sea-warthc888 sea-rimOE sea-strandc1000 sandc1275 rive1296 bankc1350 sea-banka1375 sea-coasta1400 coastc1400 warthc1450 ripec1475 landsidec1515 seashore1526 banksidec1540 brinish brink1594 shorea1616 ore1652 outland1698 sea beach1742 table-shore1849 playa1898 treaty coast1899 treaty shore1901 beach1903 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 23 Ceilon..bore from us North by West..the out-Land low. 3. A foreigner, alien, stranger. Now Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 1318 Outlandes had wasted þat londe. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 5718 Outlandes þat were fled, alle suilk with þam þei led. 1819 J. Ross Angus-shire Chaplet 41 A pretty lass like me Wha winna live an outland in creation, O. 1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 176 Such an one was ever after distrusted, and made ‘an ootlin’ for weeks. 1935 J. White Sea Road ix With dismay she saw herself as an outlin, an outsider. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of or belonging to another country; foreign, alien. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land un-i-cundeeOE althedisheOE althedyOE elelendisha1000 fremda1000 outlandishOE strange1297 outenc1300 unkindc1300 outlandsc1330 foreign?1435 outland1488 peregrine1532 uncouth1533 forinsecal1539 exterior1540 extern1543 unnative1568 uplandish1586 external1587 tramontane1596 exotical1601 estranged1614 undenizened1635 extra-marine1639 outlanding1643 ultramarine1656 transmontane1727 forinsec service1728 foreigneering1806 trans-oceanic1827 vilayati1843 alienized1860 oversea1881 overwater1889 overseas1892 furrin1895 non-native1932 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 857 Off outland men lat nane chaip with the liff. a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 20 (MED) Be ensample of these, al other out-lond men [a1500 Rawl. strangers] to be adrede, such folies to begyn. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 85 Externe and outland natiouns. 1651 J. Marius Advice Bills of Exchange Pref. sig. A iij A Notary Publick for Outland and Inland affairs. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. 1141 There is not..any peculiar or proper money to be found in specie, whereon outland exchanges can be grounded. 1817 S. T. Coleridge To Gentleman in Sibyll. Leaves 198 Vales and Glens Native or outland, Lakes and famous Hills. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 131 Sir Valence wedded with an outland dame. a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 42 No white man, much less no outland man of the other bush-tribes, had gazed upon the Red One and lived. 1984 A. R. Burn Persia & Greeks (BNC) 326 The outland tribes..whom..Xerxes may have taken with him..as light troops. 2. Chiefly Scottish. Of or belonging to a region outside the precincts of an estate, town, etc.; coming from outside; outlying. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective] > remote or outlying out of the wayc1175 uplandishc1380 foreign1424 outland1500 outlying1651 outsetting1658 back country1775 out-of-the-world1775 outlandish1792 outworld1808 upcountry1810 backwoodish1836 fresh water1860 backwoodsy1862 way back1884 outstate1911 upstate1935 1500 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 81 The outland walkaris and scheraris duelland vtouth the fredome of this burgh. 1529 Edinb. Burgh Statutes 13 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1983) V. 187/2 The outland men that bringis the fische to the tovne. 1631 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 66 Onye outland or stranger beggar. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 261 May finer verdure busk ilk outland bent. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. 5 411 The homestead was a very large farm; besides which there were several outland fields and lots. 1900 ‘E. V. B.’ Sylvana's Lett. xxi. 179 In chosen peeps of outland country. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > situated outside land-mass outland1652 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 12 By the Sea, wee understand the whole Sea, as well the Main Ocean or Out-land Seas, as those which are within-land as the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Ægean..and Baltick seas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.OE |
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