Out"ward , n. External form; exterior. [R.]
So fair an outward and such stuff within.
Shak.
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.
{ Out"ward (?), 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.
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