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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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