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Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. [=u]teweard.
See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
as, a ship bound outward.
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The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
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Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
I. Newton.
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{Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
{homeward bound}.
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Outward \Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to {inward}; as, an outward garment or layer.
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Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
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2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." --Chaucer.
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An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
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3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
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4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
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The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
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n.
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{Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.
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Outward \Out"ward\, n.
External form; exterior. [R.]
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So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak.
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