outblowingn.adj.
/ˈaʊtˌbləʊɪŋ/, /ˌaʊtˈbləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌbloʊɪŋ/, /ˌaʊtˈbloʊɪŋ/ A. n.† 1. Scots Law. A public denunciation of a person, marked by blowing a horn. Obsolete.
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1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 385 For the outblawing on Schir Richard Chamley.
a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 218 Efter the out blowing Schir George and Schir William tuke away Schir Jhon Fosteris gudis.
2. A blowing out or outwards.
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the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > producing blast or current of air > blowing outwards or emission of air
expiring1612
exsufflation1623
expiration1642
outblowing1887
1887 Science 22 Apr. 393/1 A straight outblowing wind moving in the direction of the tornado.
1909 Daily Chron. 31 May 4/4 An intaking and outblowing of the breath between the teeth.
1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown 14 The borders..had acquired their characteristic loess soil..through the outblowing of the winds from the ice sheets over the loose detritus.
B. adj.
Blowing outwards.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing to or from an outward direction
outerlya1642
outblowing1876
1876 E. Dowden Amor as Landscape in Poems 223 Now when all things, all things are in motion, Trees and river, flowers and veil outblowing.
1900 Geogr. Jrnl. 16 406 Blowing towards and in upon the polar regions to make good the drain caused by the surface outblowing south-easterly winds.
1948 Sci. Monthly Feb. 101/1 The outblowing winds of the glacial anticyclone.
1960 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 19 400 Outblowing winds which receive a trace of moisture from towering convection currents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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