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Definition of Outlies
1. outlie [v] - See also: outlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlies
Literary usage of Outlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"... i* recorded with particulars •— I know nothing of the following legend but
from that old maid, Common Fame, who outlies the newspapers. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1848)
"... is recorded with particulars: — ' I know nothing of the following legend but
from that old maid, Common Fame, who outlies the newspapers. ..."
3. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"If another pitman outlies him, he in turn delivers the pin to him. No duels ensue
on the occasion. " Take my cap" appears to have been formerly a taunt for ..."
4. The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Founder of the Methodists by Luke Tyerman (1872)
"Of Wesley it is said, he " Makes piety abd to aid his work, outlies Sam Johnson,
and o—twh sa Turk."' 3. "Perfection; a poetical epistle, calmly addressed ..."
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