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Definition of Outward
Outward Outward Out"ward, n.
External form; exterior. [R.]
So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak.
Outward Outward Out"ward, Outwards Out"wards, adv. [AS. ?teweard.
See Out, and -ward, -wards.]
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
as, a ship bound outward.
The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
I. Newton.
Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
homeward bound.
Outward Outward Out"ward, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.' --Chaucer.
An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
-- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n.
Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
