释义 |
ˈouten-town, a. and n. Sc. [f. outen adv., prep. (a.) (?) + town n.] a. adj. Living or lying outside the town. b. n. A person living outside the town. Hence outen-towner.
1677in Ure Hist. Rutherglen (1793) 69 Ordered that nane of the inhabitants give or sell, to outtentouns, any Muckmiddins, or foulyie. 1887Jamieson's Dict. Suppl. s.v., Lying or living outside the burgh bounds, not belonging to the town; as, outen-toun lands, outten-townes burgess, outen-touns multure. 1882W. H. Dawson Hist. Skipton (E.D.D.), Outen-towners, the rural inhabitants around a town. |