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outˈpoint, v.
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†1. trans. To point out, indicate. (poetic.) Obs.
1595R. Barnfield Cynthia ii. (Arb.) 47 In yonder Wood. (Which with her finger shee Out-poynting)..Yuanished into some other place.
2. Yachting. To outdo in pointing; to sail closer to the wind than.
1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 445/2 The smaller..boat outpointed and outsailed.. her..competitor. 1899Daily News 4 Oct. 3/3 Columbia appeared to be out-pointing Shamrock, but the boats were not very far apart.
3. In various sports and games, esp. boxing: to score more points than; to defeat on points. Also transf. and fig.
1903Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 7/3 In the second [coursing] ties, Priestlaw, notwithstanding his speed, was out⁓pointed cleverly by Handsome Creole. 1909Ibid. 2 Feb. 12/2 With Aiken unable to settle down [in a billiards match] and failing to make any material use of some nice openings, he continued to be outpointed. 1909Ibid. 20 Feb. 16/3 Driscoll outpointed the American featherweight champion. 1922Weekly Dispatch 12 Nov. 11 In a ten-rounds boxing contest here to-night Bermondsey Billy Wells (England) outpointed Johnny Tillman. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 16 July 9/6 Barfly regularly outpoints and out⁓foots all who sail against her. 1955Times 12 May 4/3 Eddington, the coloured American, had been outpointed in Ireland. 1959Economist 11 Apr. 159/1 BOAC happens to have been outpointed in the never-ending game of poker that the airlines play with traffic rights for chips. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 21/3 Scot Ken Buchanan won the world lightweight boxing title Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, when he outpointed champion Ismael Laguna of Panama under a blazing sun. 1976Daily Record (Glasgow) 4 Dec. 30/5 The Baillieston man outpointed Irish champion John McLoughlin after both had been floored in an amazing second round. |