outwingv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈwɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈwɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, wing n.

Etymology: < out- prefix + wing n. Compare wing v.

†1. transitive. Military. Of an army: to outflank. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > outflank

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1648 O. Cromwell Let. 20 Aug. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 635 Colonel Dean's and Colonel Pride's [regiments], outwinging the enemy, could not come to so much share of the action.

1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iv. 246 By the time we came to mingle, we out-winged their Left Flank, as much as their Right wing out-winged our Left.

1729 J. Harvey Life R. Bruce iii. 161 Fear'd lest the Foe shou'd, on that Length of Ground, Outwing his Numbers, and his Troops aurround.

a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. ii. 28 Both the Enemy's Lines out wing'd ours considerably.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xii. 329 His right came in contact with the enemy's left, outwinged it, and attacked it in front and flank.

2. transitive. To fly faster than; to fly beyond; to escape by flying. Now rare.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > surpass in flight

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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > fly beyond

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1651 E. Williams in E. Prestwich tr. Seneca Hippolitus (front matter) No, to praise thee's to shew this age of ours How far thy Fancy, outwings Cesars powers.

?1655 in Poems on Affairs of State (1707) IV. 248 My Muse shall hollow far behind Angelick Cromwel, who out-wings the Wind.

1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 491 His Courser springs O'er Hills, and Lawns, and ev'n a Wish outwings.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 538/2 Fame flies before, Out-wings the wind!

1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic II. 39 Whose race, resistless, to Ambition's goal Outwing'd thy glowing arrow's fatal course.

1835 New-Eng. Mag. Jan. 19 To outwing our flight Yon bird might strive in vain.

1856 C. A. Goodrich Select Brit. Eloquence 578 Rulers were too venal or too weak to follow the flight of that mind which would have taught them to outwing the storm.

1898 Advance (Chicago) 6 Jan. 23/1 Mr. Morse's robins must have despaired of their effort to out-wing the limit of snow.

1989 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 2 Oct. a1 The beetle, which can fly nine miles in a night, is outwinging containment efforts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outwing
释义	outwingv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈwɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈwɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, wing n. Etymology: < out- prefix + wing n. Compare wing v. †1. transitive. Military. Of an army: to outflank. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > outflank overwing1623 outwing1648 turn1762 outflank1766 1648 O. Cromwell Let. 20 Aug. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 635 Colonel Dean's and Colonel Pride's [regiments], outwinging the enemy, could not come to so much share of the action. 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iv. 246 By the time we came to mingle, we out-winged their Left Flank, as much as their Right wing out-winged our Left. 1729 J. Harvey Life R. Bruce iii. 161 Fear'd lest the Foe shou'd, on that Length of Ground, Outwing his Numbers, and his Troops aurround. a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. ii. 28 Both the Enemy's Lines out wing'd ours considerably. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xii. 329 His right came in contact with the enemy's left, outwinged it, and attacked it in front and flank. 2. transitive. To fly faster than; to fly beyond; to escape by flying. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > surpass in flight overfly1565 outfly1602 outwing1717 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > fly beyond overfly?1614 outflya1711 outwing1898 1651 E. Williams in E. Prestwich tr. Seneca Hippolitus (front matter) No, to praise thee's to shew this age of ours How far thy Fancy, outwings Cesars powers. ?1655 in Poems on Affairs of State (1707) IV. 248 My Muse shall hollow far behind Angelick Cromwel, who out-wings the Wind. 1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 491 His Courser springs O'er Hills, and Lawns, and ev'n a Wish outwings. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 538/2 Fame flies before, Out-wings the wind! 1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic II. 39 Whose race, resistless, to Ambition's goal Outwing'd thy glowing arrow's fatal course. 1835 New-Eng. Mag. Jan. 19 To outwing our flight Yon bird might strive in vain. 1856 C. A. Goodrich Select Brit. Eloquence 578 Rulers were too venal or too weak to follow the flight of that mind which would have taught them to outwing the storm. 1898 Advance (Chicago) 6 Jan. 23/1 Mr. Morse's robins must have despaired of their effort to out-wing the limit of snow. 1989 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 2 Oct. a1 The beetle, which can fly nine miles in a night, is outwinging containment efforts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † out-wingn. < v.1648 see also
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