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▪ I. † outˈrake1 Obs.
Also oute reche, utrack, -rak(e.
[? corrupt. of outrage.]
Outrage, excess.
13..Cursor M. 4133 (Cott.) If yee do suilk an outrake [v. rr. vtrack, outerake] Ful siker may yee be o wrake. Ibid. 6295 (Cott.) For ogh [v.r. oft] on him þai soght vtrak [v. rr. outrake, oute reche, vtrake] Quar-for oft sith þai fand his wrak. Ibid. 29075 (Cott.) For þof we fast we agh noght take Noþer o mete ne drink vtrake.
▪ II. ˈoutrake2 dial.
[f. out- 7 + rake n.3]
†a. An expedition, a raid. Obs.
b. (See quot. 1825.)
a1765Northumbld. betrayed by Dowglas xxxii. in Child Ballads (1889) III. vi. clxxvi. 413/2 And I haue beene in Lough Leven The most part of these yeeres three: Yett had I neuer noe out-rake. 1802Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss., Outrake, an expedition, an out-ride..also an extensive open pasture for sheep or cattle. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Outrake, a free passage for sheep from inclosed pastures into open grounds, or common lands. 1889Shreds & Patches 26 June (E.D.D.), The records of the Court Baron of Holgate twice mention an outrack. 1976G. Moffat Short Time to Live v. 49 This lady at Burblethwaite... I saw her walking up the outrake. |