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Definition of Outfire
1. Noun. (Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To fire farther or better than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outfire
1. to surpass in firing [v -FIRED, -FIRING, -FIRES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outfire
Literary usage of Outfire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the Persian Language by William Jones (1828)
"CA~. epithet, j\AJ\ ^^Jl casting outfire. r<- <. ^creasing daily. j\±J\ jjj
shooting arrows. 1 c / <• c raising his head. jj^ c^-*^ gathering darkness, ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1867)
"... put outfire, "without any thing else." But if a fire is kindled in the ceiling
of your house, floods of water dashed against the outside clapboards, ..."
3. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"The problem solved by unique «rangement is the entire sup- «n of recoil, the
strain being absorbed ' outfire shield. In the lute experi- Kshatriya. ..."
4. A Commentary on the Apocalypse by Moses Stuart (1845)
"The heathen poets often speak of horses breathing outfire and smoke, (Virg. Georg.
П. 140. III. 85. Ovid. Met. VII. 104) ; but here is a new image ..."
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