outrowv.
/ˌaʊtˈrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈroʊ/ transitive. To outdo in rowing; to row faster or further than.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > propel boat by oars, paddle, or pole [verb (transitive)] > row (a boat) > overtake or outstrip by rowing
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 650/2 I wyll outrowe the or thou come to Westminster for xiid.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xiv. 327 They came..to pursue us..but were out-rowed.
1662 S. Pepys Diary 30 July (1970) III. 151 Every ordinary oares outrowed us.
1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. 244 The gondoliers strive to out-row each other on the grand canal.
1823 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 260 Trying to out-row me with a huge black boat.
1861 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 296 It is something..to enable him, if need be, to out-row the fisherman, and out-run the mountaineer.
1937 Life 26 July 71/2 (caption) The Tabor Academy crew from Marion, Mass. On May 29 they outrowed the Kent School crew of Kent, Conn.
1997 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. c7/6 (heading) Briton outrows 22 teams.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. ix. 14 The space..between the crossing rows and the out-rows of stones.
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