单词 | outlie |
释义 | outliev.1 1. transitive. To lie beyond or on the outside of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] outlieOE the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > lie beyond outlieOE OE Bounds (Sawyer 738) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 435 Of þære readan slo on þæt crundel þær se haga utligeþ. 1684 T. Guidott Gideon's Fleece 21 Such Rascal Deer do aft outly the Vale. 1873 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 383 The forests that outlay the broad lagoons of the river. 1882 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast (1883) I. i. 15 Next morning showed us to port the Cone of Maritimo: it outlies Marsala. 1895 A. Symons London Nights 104 Listless and endless it outlies [sc. the hotel] And means, to you and me, no more, Than any pebble on the shore. 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 120 One looked out..to the distant rugged range of Gyankar outlying the wide depression of the Arun River. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep rough to sleep (formerly also live, lie) rough1672 outlie1826 bunk1840 skipper1851 to do a skipper1935 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. i. 18 We are not about to start on a squirrel hunt..but to outlie for days and nights, and to stretch across a wilderness. 1841 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder ii It is war-time, and no red-skin is outlying without using his senses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] bredeOE comeOE ylasta1175 drawc1180 areachc1225 lastc1275 tillc1290 durea1300 reachc1330 spreada1400 halec1400 reignc1400 splatec1440 extend1481 endure1523 span1535 discoursea1547 wina1578 distend1581 intend1594 sweep1789 outlie1876 1876 R. Browning Pisgah-sights i. i How I see all of it, Life there, outlying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outliev.2 transitive. To outdo in lying. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell (lies) [verb (transitive)] > outdo in lying outliea1631 a1631 J. Donne Satires iv. 47 In which he can..outlie either Jovius or Surius, or both together. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 109 He doth in them out-ly..the Devil himself the Father of lies. 1742 D. Garrick Lying Valet i. 19 To..deceive his Mistress; out-lie her Chambermaid; and yet be paid for thy Honesty! 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 144 He had now, they said, outlied himself. 1993 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 9 Mar. a8 The only president who underperformed Herbert Hoover and the only president who outlied Warren Harding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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