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▪ I. † outwind, v.1 Obs.|-ˈwaɪnd|
[out- 14, 15, 24.]
1. intr. To wind off or become unwound. In quot. fig.
a1562G. Cavendish Metr. Visions, Weston Poems 1825 II. 30 Which caused my welthe full soon to outwynd.
2. trans. To unwind; to disentangle, extricate.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. iii. 9 They have him enclosed so behind, As by no meanes he can himselfe outwind. 1647H. More Song of Soul i. ii. lxxi, When shalt thou once outwind Thy self from this sad yoke?
▪ II. outwind, v.2|aʊtˈwɪnd|
[f. out- 26 + wind n.]
trans. To put out of wind or breath.
1708Ockley Saracens (1848) 121 Your enemies are two to one; and there is no breaking them but by out-winding them. 1721Dudley in Phil. Trans. XXXI. 167 A Moose soon outwinds a Deer. c1825J. Choyce Log Jack Tar (1891) 94 Several more men..soon came up with two more of our number, who were out-winded. |