1847. Halliwell, Arch. Words, etc., s.v. Outing. A feast given to his friends by an apprentice, at the end of his apprenticeship: when he is out of his time. In some parts of the kingdom, this ceremony is termed by an apprentice and his friends 'burying his wife.'
Outrider, subs. (old).—A highwayman:
see Road-agent.
1600. Heywood, i Edward IV. [Pearson, Works (18..), i. 43]. I fear thou art some outrider that lives by taking of purses.
Outrun. See Constable.
Outs. Gentlemen of the three
outs, subs. phr. (old).—See quots.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Gentleman—without money, without wit, and without manners.
1830. Lytton, Paul Clifford, iv. Paul became a gentleman of three outs—out of pocket, out of elbows, and out of credit.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, III. v. Jerry Juniper was what the classical Captain Grose would designate a gentleman with three outs, and, although he was not entirely without wit, nor his associates avouched, without money, nor certainty, in his own opinion, had that been asked, without manners.
Outside, subs. (common).—An
outside passenger. Fr. un voyageur
à quinze francs le cent. See
Inside.
1798. Canning, Anti-Jacobin, 163 [1890]. So down thy hill, romantic Ash-*bourn, glides The Derby dilly carrying three insides.
1816. Scott, Old Mortality, ii. A wheel carriage bearing eight insides and six outsides.
1836. Dickens, Pickwick,. . . The outsides did as outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage.
Adj. (old colloquial).—1. The utmost.—B. E. (c. 1696).
Outside 'Liza, intj. (common).—'Get out of this.'
To get outside of, verb. phr. (common).—1. To eat or drink; as, to get outside of a pint of beer, or a chop; (2) to understand; and (3) see quot.
1888. Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms, xiv. He looked better outside of a horse than on his own legs.
2. (venery).—To copulate: of women only: see Greens and Ride.
Outsider, subs. (thieves').—1. In
pl. A pair of nippers with semi-tubular
jaws which can be inserted
in a keyhole from the outside to
turn the key.
2. (common).—An ignoramus. Also, a person unattached. Also, an incompetent, doubtful, or unknown champion or competitor in any walk of life or sport. Also, a duffer (q.v.), moral, physical or social.
1864. Saturday Review, July, 'Stray Votes.' The game he has in view is that peculiar variety of Parliamentary species known as an outsider or a loose fish, but described by itself under the more flattering title of 'an independent member.'
1877. W. Mack, Green Past. and Piccadilly, xxvii. Of course it was as a mere pleasure excursion that we outsiders were permitted to speak of this long journey.
1880. Hawley Smart, Social Sinners, xxxiii. That fellow Hainton, has beat the lot of us. I never was more than quite an outsider myself, still I feel so bad about it, that really I must . . . have something to drink!
1884. Hawley Smart, Post to Finish, xvii. For the stable to follow up last year's successes by taking the first great three-year-old event of the season, with an outsider, ridden by a Riddleton lad, was something to boast of.
1885. Morning Post, 5 Feb. So far as outsiders can see there is always the same cheerfulness.
