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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUT'ER, a. [comp. of out.] Being on the outside; external; opposed to inner; as the outer wall; the outer part of a thing; the outer court or gate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs" [ant: inner]
2: located outside; "outer reality"
3: being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ⁴out + ¹-er Date: 13th century 1. existing independent of mind ; objective 2. a. situated farther out <the outer limits> b. being away from a center c. situated or belonging on the outside <the outer covering>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 outside; external (pierced the outer layer). 2 farther from the centre or inside; relatively far out. 3 objective or physical, not subjective or psychical. --n. 1 a the division of a target furthest from the bull's-eye. b a shot that strikes this. 2 an outer garment or part of one. 3 Austral. sl. the part of a racecourse outside the enclosure. 4 an outer container for transport or display. Phrases and idioms: the outer bar see BAR(1). outer garments clothes worn over other clothes or outdoors. Outer House Sc. Law the hall where judges of the Court of Session sit singly. outer man (or woman) personal appearance; dress. outer planet a planet with an orbit outside the earth's. outer space the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. the outer world people outside one's own circle. Etymology: ME f. OUT, replacing UTTER(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outer Out"er (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor, compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outer Out"er, n. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outer Out"er, n. [From Out, v.] One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The outer parts of something are the parts which contain or enclose the other parts, and which are furthest from the centre. He heard a voice in the outer room. ...the outer suburbs of the city. ? inner ADJ: ADJ n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

out'-er: This adjective is used 12 times by Ezekiel of the outside court of the temple. In Matthew we find it 3 times (8:12; 22:13; 25:30) in "outer darkness" (to skotos to exoteron), which typifies the utter darkness of the doom of the lost.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Exterior, external.

Moby Thesaurus

apparent, cortical, epidermic, exomorphic, exterior, external, extrinsic, fringe, open, out, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, peripheral, public, roundabout, seeming, superficial, surface