单词 | outway |
释义 | † outwayn. Obsolete. 1. A byway; (also in extended use) a remote or inaccessible place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > by-way (not main route) by-gatec1330 byway1330 outwaya1382 sidewayc1450 back-way1577 diverticle1582 diverticulum1647 by-route1855 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings xiii. 34 Myche puple cam bi þe out weie [a1425 L.V. a weye out of the comyn weie; L. iter devium] fro þe side of þe hil. 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse v. f. 8v In greate feare I rode through many outwaies and deserte places. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xlii. 429 He betoke him to flight and hid himselfe in an outway amongst thornes and bushes. 2. A way or passage leading out of somewhere; an exit or outlet. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > means of exit outgangOE gatec1175 outletc1275 outgoinga1387 water gatea1393 ish14.. issuec1400 outgatec1485 ushing1489 outway1571 egress1660 utterance1662 débouché1760 debouch1813 gateway1842 outgo1869 outfall1883 outcome1885 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > with outward direction outway1571 out-path1573 out-trail1900 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (x. 9) Like as theeves beset ye outwayes of villages. 1631 G. Chapman Caesar & Pompey v. i If euer I be worth a house againe, Ile build all inward: not a light shall ope The common outway: no expence, no art, No ornament, no dore will I vse there. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iv. xxvii. 44 In divers streets and out-wayes multipli'd. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 147 To make good all the out-waies. 1868 C. Lofft Rule of Right xii. 282 She stepp'd inward—all was dark As 'twere a hundred fathom underground: Still as earth's centre, and seemed all as hard To win the outway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : † out-wayadj. < n.a1382 see also |
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