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Definition of Outrunners
1. outrunner [n] - See also: outrunner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outrunners
Literary usage of Outrunners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Clinical Journal (1899)
"It very many, outrunners from the tumour so invade the veins that complete removal
is impossible. In others, interference with the tumour produces ..."
2. Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Counter-case of the by Venezuela (1898)
"They had, first, the agents whom they called outrunners ... The outrunners were
regular employes of the Company—in the later time usually half-breeds or old ..."
3. Report and Accompanying Papers of the Commission Appointed by the President (1897)
"The outrunners were regular employe's of the Company—in ... 2 Later these outrunners
regularly appear in the muster-rolls of the colony. ..."
4. Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Case of the United States by Venezuela (1898)
"They had, first, the agents whom they called outrunners ... The outrunners were
regular employes of the Company—in the later time usually half-breeds or old ..."
5. Things Korean: A Collection of Sketches and Anecdotes, Missionary and Diplomatic by Horace Newton Allen (1908)
"These outrunners moreover were, until recent years, equipped with long paddles
with which they would soundly whack any of the common herd who should neglect ..."
6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1870)
"After they have for a time made many fruitless efforts to attach themselves
somewhere by their outrunners, the air-bubbles become on one side smaller. ..."
7. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"But east of the pass the road meanders among low granite spurs and outrunners
from the right and left of Puma Hills toward the Platte Piver. ..."
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