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▪ I. outset, n.|ˈaʊtsɛt|
[out- 7.]
1. An enclosure from the outlying moorland, pasture, or common. Sc.
1540Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) 379/1 Of all and sindry þe landis of estir Wischart..wt þe corne mylne multuris & outseitis þarof [L. multuris et lie-outsettis earundem]. 1600Sc. Acts Jas. VI, c. 2 Towers, Maner-places, Outsets, Yardes, Orchards, Kirks [etc.]. 1641[see onset n. 3]. 1808in Shirreff Agric. Shetl. Isl. (1841) App. 59 By making what we call outsets to a certain extent, a good deal of ground might be brought under cultivation, from the commons or hill-pasture. 1884Scotsman 26 July 3/1 advt., Common Pastures, Outsets, Insets..belonging to the said Lands.
2. The action or fact of setting off; ornament, embellishment; also, that which sets off or embellishes. Sc.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 94 Bracelets about their armes, iewalis about thair neck..baith cumlie and decent, and mekle to thair decore and outsett. 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith Ded. (1845) 5 Christ is the outset: the master flower, the uncreated garland of Heaven. 1881Thomson Musings 179 (E.D.D.) Her gracefu' form an' modest air Micht be an outset tae a queen.
3. The act or fact of setting out upon a journey, course of action, business, etc.; start, commencement, beginning.
1759Ann. Reg. 6 Placed at their first outset at a very high point of military rank. 1780Burke Sp. Econ. Ref. Wks. III. 234 This is no pleasant prospect at the outset of a political journey. 1788Reeve Exiles III. 179, I will give five hundred pounds..this will be an outset for you in any way you shall choose. 1795Mason Ch. Mus. ii. 140 These Masters, at least in the outset of their strains, were careful to preserve Air. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall i. 2 A good outset is half the voyage. 1877Black Green Past xxiii, Perhaps he had from the outset been induced to enter his own name as the purchaser. 1891L. Keith Halletts I. xi, She had witnessed the outset from her seat in the window.
†b. That with which a venture starts; primary outlay. Obs.
1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 275 Ships which..have brought home Cargoes of Goods amounting to 10, 12, and 15 Times the Value of their Outset.
attrib.1766W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 268 Ebenezer pays the outset charges at Port Glasgow.
†4. pl. Outgoings, expenditure. Obs.
1762Gentl. Mag. 428 My income greatly exceeds my out⁓sets. 1764T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. (1765) I. 3 Discouraged..by the long continued expence and outset, with⁓out any return.
5. Mining. (See quot. 1888.)
1881Borings & Sinkings in Northumbld. Gloss., From the outset to the soil depth one fathom. 1888Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (E.D.D.), Outset, an artificial elevation of the ground, or an erection of timber or stone, round the mouth of a sinking pit to facilitate the disposal of the debris produced in sinking.
▪ II. † outˈset, v. Obs.
[out- 15.]
1. trans. To set forth, display, set off, adorn; to maintain with proper splendour. Sc.
15..Aberd. Reg. (Jam.), To outsett the honour of this burgh. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 18, xxxm crouns to be deliuerit to the earle of Lennox allvayis to outsett [MS. I, to be spendit to] his honour and fortifiecatioun. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 68 Mony thingis to decore and outsett.
2. To place as a set-off (for something).
1656Rhode Isl. Col. Rec. (1856) I. 339 It is ordered, that five pounds starling due from Mr. Randall Holden for not executing office accordinge to choyce, is outsett for his former service in publique employment.
3. To put out, exclude.
1613Wither Abuses Stript & Whipt ii. ii, I hope 'twill not offend the Court, That I..outset others though men thinke me bold. |