1557 Protocol Bk. D. Gray (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 11^v All & syndry the gudis corne & cattell insycht outsycht that euir pertenit to hym.

1570 Boyds of Penkill Family Papers No. 59 14 Mar. Bayth of insycht and outsycht gudis.

1637 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 449 The haill plennischeing, alsweill outsicht as insicht plennischeing, and the haill cornes [etc.].

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 417 He distroyit the haill rawis of Strathbogie. Cornefeild landis, outsicht, insicht, horss, nolt, scheip.

1691 in A. Wedderburn Wedderburn Bk. (1898) II. 60 Insight and outsight plenishing.

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. viii. §18 In what is called outsight plenishing or moveables without doors, the heirship may be drawn of horses, cows, oxen; and of all the implements of agriculture, as ploughs, harrows, carts, etc.

a1784 A. Ross Sc. Wks. (1938) 156 I am a batchelor winsome, A farmer by rank and degree..I have outsight and insight and credit, And from any eelist I'm free.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 228 Their whole goods and gear, corn, cattle, horse, nolt, sheep, outsight and insight plenishing. View more context for this quotation

1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 95 I saw nae wanworths gaun either in the outsight or insight plenishin'.

1605 N. Breton Olde Mans Lesson sig. D1^v If a Man have not both his Insight and his Outsight, he may pay home for his blindnesse.

1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch II. v. 93 Your insights and outsights lead to all the troubles of life.

1863 E. FitzGerald Let. in Edinb. Rev. (1894) Oct. 383 Wiser men with keener outsight and insight.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 39 A special gift, an art of arts, More insight and more outsight and much more Will to use both of these than boast my mates.

1933 Science New Ser. 16 June 575/1 The investigator's outsight on the facts is sharpened by his insight into the nature of his problem.

1980 O. Murray Early Greece iv. 57 Insight replaces outsight when Apollo blinds his prophets.

1994 Homemaker's Mag. (Toronto) Jan.–Feb. 88/1 People who blurt out information within the first few minutes of meeting someone lack outsight, as opposed to insight. They just don't see how they're coming across.

1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xiiii. 165 If he bid the goe through hell, go throgh it, close thy eyes, follow on, howbeit thow knowest no outsight..by the contrary when a man..will not followe on Gods will, except he see a faire outsight, and get great reasons wherefore he should doe this, or that..the Lord will let him followe his owne will.

1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 183 She showed a fair face, and outsight to all, but evil actions.