▪ I. † ˈoutred, n. Sc. Obs.
[f. out- 7 + red n.]
1. Clearance from debt or liability; settlement of accounts; finishing of a business.
| 1491 Acta Dom. Concil. (1839) 205/1 As ȝit he has gottine na payment nor outred. 1330 in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 244* For outred and payment of his faderis dettis. 1695 J. Sage Article Wks. 1844 I. 282 Why else would his Grace have so earnestly required expedition and hasty outred? |
2. Outfit, equipment (of a ship, a man).
| 1491 Acta Audit. (1839) 154 Þat patrick liel..sal..pay..for þe outred of his parte of his schip callit þe mare of dunde. 1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 541/1 Sen the outred of the saidis schippis. 1610 J. Melvill Diary (1842) 710 They tuo wer left to mak outred for thame selffis. |
▪ II. † outˈred, v.1 Sc. Obs.
[f. out- 15 + red v.]
1. trans. To disentangle; to extricate from difficulties by settlement of liabilities; to clear of encumbrances.
| 1467 Sc. Acts Jas. III, c. 23 (1597) For their payment, and to outred their selfe. 1488 Acta Dom. Concil. (1839) 103/2 His executoris has gudis aneuch for þe outredding of his dettis. 1610 J. Melvill Diary (1842) 710 We wantit no credite to outred our selffis out of all expensis. 1670 in H. Miller Scenes & Leg. x. (1850) 150 For outredding them of their necessary and most urgent affairs. |
2. To fit out (a ship).
| 1535 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 285* To George Wallace, for outredding of the Kingis gracis schip towart Deip. 1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 541 Being commandit be his hienes to wictuall and outred the schipis. |