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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outer \Out"er\, n. [From {Out}, v.] One who puts out ousts, or expels; also an ouster; dispossession. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: outer adj 1: being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs" [syn: {outer(a)}] [ant: {inner(a)}] 2: located outside; "outer reality" 3: (anatomy) being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"
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