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outˈspin, v.
[out- 14, 15 b, 18.]
†1. intr. To spout out. Obs. rare—1.
1596Spenser F.Q. iv. ix. 27 That through the clifts the vermeil bloud out sponne.
2. trans. To spin (a thread) to its full length; said fig. of the thread of life, etc.
1616B. Jonson Epigr. xlii, Or that his long-yearn'd life Were quite out-spun. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 127 Till hee had out-spun the yeares of old Methusala. 1844Whittier Texas 13 Patience..with her weary thread outspun Murmurs that her work is done.
3. To outdo or excel in spinning.
1742Young Nt. Th. i. 380 On this perhaps..we build Our mountain-hopes, spin out eternal schemes As we the Fatal Sisters could outspin. |