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out-ˈthrough, prep. and adv. Sc. [f. out adv. + through prep., q.v. for Forms.] A. prep. Right through, quite through, from end to end (or side to side) of; through the whole of, throughout.
1456Sc. Acts Jas. II (1597) §59 To the intent, that the Demyes, that ar keiped in hande, haue course and come out-throw the Realme. 1547Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 71 To haif course and passage commonlie outthrouch this realme. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xiii. 21 That crewell dert outthrow my hart wald boir. 1699–1825 [see inthrough prep.]. 1724Ramsay Vision ii, Boreas branglit out-through the cluds. 1825Jamieson s.v., ‘He gaed out⁓trough the bear-lan'’. Clydes. B. adv. Right through; throughout; thoroughly.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 2688 Moyses bi-sette al ðat burȝ, Oc it was riche & strong ut-ðhurȝ. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints x. (Mathou) 436 A felone..come be-hynd hyme at þe bake, And owt-throw with a swerd hym strake. 1682Peden Lord's Trumpet 9 The blood of the saints hath run in throw and out throw. 1768Ross Helenore Invoc. 4 I'm out⁓throw as clung. |