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† wiˈthout ˌdoor, advb. phr. (a.) Obs.
= next.
c1205Lay. 2382 Þat neuer ne ferde heo wið uten dore. 1570Levins Manip. 229/8 Wythout dore, extrà, foris. 1621in Foster Engl. Factories Ind. (1906) 280 A storme of..rayne..that wett these bales which weare without doare in the street. 1649C. Wase Sophocles, Electra 30 Enter in, and let her without door Her own distresses, and her friends deplore. 1739Johnson Boerhaave in Gentl. Mag. IX. 174/1 His..Friend..found him sitting without Door.
b. attrib. or as adj. (with hyphen). = out-door a.; in quot. transf. or fig. relating to the outer world, outward, external.
1611Shakes. Wint. T. ii. i. 69 Prayse her but for this her without-dore-Forme. |