单词 | outfly |
释义 | † outflyn. Obsolete. A sudden burst or outburst. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion heatc1200 gerec1369 accessc1384 braida1450 guerie1542 bursting1552 ruff1567 riot1575 suddentyc1575 pathaire1592 flaw1596 blaze1597 start1598 passion1599 firework1601 storm1602 estuation1605 gare1606 accession?1608 vehemency1612 boutade1614 flush1614 escapea1616 egression1651 ebullition1655 ebulliency1667 flushinga1680 ecstasy1695 gusta1704 gush1720 vehemence1741 burst1751 overboiling1767 explosion1769 outflaming1836 passion fit1842 outfly1877 Vesuvius1886 outflame1889 1877 W. C. Russell Wreck of ‘Grosvenor’ III. ii. 24 Had another yard of canvas more than was already exposed been on her, she would have lain down and never righted again, so violent was the first clap and outfly of the wind. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xvii. 74 I awaited some passionate outfly, but..he held his peace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). outflyv. 1. intransitive. To fly out. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > fly out outflyeOE to fly out1779 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. xiii. 422 Ealle þa ðe æt his lichoman woepende sæton mid unmæte ege geslægene weron & utflugon butan his his wif an. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 603 Ðe rauen ut fleg..Ne cam he nogt to ðe arche a-gen. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. 411 The Fame outflies, & madness like enflames the mountain wiues, To seeke them dwellings new. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 52 Few griefes from Pandors boxe out-flew But here they finde a medcine. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 663 He spake: and to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 477 Now out flies The gloomy West [wind], and whistles in the skies. a1804 J. B. Linn Valerian (1805) i. 22 From his sheath outflew The sword that fear-struck mortals deem divine. 1894 C. H. Cook Thames Rights 39 Now and again outflies from sedgy haunt the wary mallard. 2. transitive. To outstrip or overtake in flight; to surpass in skill or speed in flying. Also figurative. 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 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [verb (transitive)] > fly faster than outfly1908 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly an aircraft [verb (transitive)] > surpass in skill outfly1942 1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. B3v Shee with hir wings (that can out-fly the wind;) Through Heau'n, Earth, Hell, and what they hold doth fly. c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 458 He..Owtflyes the eagle and the silver swan. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest iv. 67 Mercy, my potent Lord, and I'le outfly thy thought. a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 102 in Wks. (1721) II. To sacred Poets I apply, Who all scholastick Heights out-fly. 1766 R. Rogers Ponteach v. i. 92 Outfly the Wind till you revenge this Blood; 'Tis royal Blood, we count it as our own. 1800 T. Moore tr. Anacreon Odes xxiv. 18 She gave thee beauty—shaft of eyes, That every shaft of war outflies! 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. iv. 45 They have outflown Philosophy. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air viii. 253 Light as this armament was.., it was sufficient for them to outfight as well as outfly the German monster airships. 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 94 It's no good outflying the Hun if you can't shoot him down. 1993 Flyer July 26/2 He was a sitting duck and his only salvation was to out-fly the enemy. Derivatives ˈoutflying adj. ΚΠ 1654 S. Ward Vindiciæ Academiarum 22 The lynges of the fætiferous elocution, being disposed only to introversion, was destitute at that time of Peristalticall effluxion, which silenced the Otacousticall tone of the outflying word. 1995 Amer. Naturalist 146 751 Good flight activity was indicated by the large numbers of out-flying and returning foragers. ˈoutflown adj. ΚΠ 1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. xxiv. 39 What is of God in those outflown Powers. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iv. ii. 145 Where gray Tradition hews each separate stone, And vainly gropes decrepit Faith to clutch The outflown Deity. 1992 Nature 26 Mar. 322/2 An irradiation model of planetary formation may allow the existence of Earth-sized planets surrounding SVPs whose characteristics favour the gravitational binding of outflown material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877v.eOE |
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