† without dooradv.adj.
Obsolete.
A. adv.
= without doors adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > out of doors
outOE
without doorc1275
thereoutc1325
abroad?c1335
out at door (also doors)c1386
out of doors1530
thereforthc1540
forth adoors1607
forth of door(s1607
without doors1617
al fresco1717
outdoorsa1729
out-by1753
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1192 Þat neuer ne ferde heo wið-uten dore.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Sivv/1 Wythout dore, extra foris.
1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 280 A storme of..rayne..that wett these bales which weare without doare in the street.
1649 C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra 30 Enter in, and let her without door Her own distresses, and her friends deplore.
1739 S. Johnson Boerhaave in Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 174 His..Friend..found him sitting without Door.
B. adj.
attributive or as adj. (with hyphen). = outdoor adj.; in quot. a1616 transferred or figurative relating to the outer world, outward, external.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > of external aspect opposed to internal
extern1537
without doora1616
cortical1685
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 71 Prayse her but for this her without-dore-Forme. View more context for this quotation
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