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Definition of Outcurve
1. Noun. (context: baseball) A ball, thrown by the pitcher, that curves away from the batter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outcurve
1. a type of pitch in baseball [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcurve
Literary usage of Outcurve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family by John Bernhard Smith (1895)
"... with an outcurve in the submedian interspace and an inward tooth on the internal
vein. 'H. decorata has the line nearly rigid, only a little ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1903)
"T. p. line lunate or even crenulate, geminate, the outer line more even ; as a
whole with a moderate outcurve over cell and an even course below. ..."
3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1908)
"T. p. line black, slender, continuous, followed by a white line, with a long
outcurve over cell and a somewhat more shallow incurve below, a little inward ..."
4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1890)
"... in the interspaces, a long outcurve below internal vein ; inner part of line
obsolete, unter very distinct. T. p. line narrow, ..."
5. The Realm of Nature: An Outline of Physiography by Hugh Robert Mill (1892)
"Africa presents a typical triangular outline resembling that of South America,
but the north-western outcurve is much more pronounced, ..."
6. How to Play Baseball: A Manual for Boys by John Joseph McGraw (1914)
"Then the ball is released off the end of the thumb with the snap of the wrist
characteristic of the outcurve, only the hand is jerked toward third base ..."
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