† ˈouthorn Obs.
[Cf. out- 7, horn n. 14.]
A horn blown to raise the outas (uthes), to summon the lieges to the pursuit of a criminal, or the like, and to give the alarm on various occasions. (In later use only Sc. and north. Eng.)
| c 1210 Pseudo-Alfred (in Liebermann Leges Angl. Lond. coll. 19) Nullus supersedeat outhorn nec outhest uel burh⁓botam, uel firdfare nec herebode ore aut cornu. [Cf. 1214 in Maitland Sel. Pleas Crown No. 115 Et tunc cornaverunt hutes, et illuc convenerunt burgenses de predicto burgo.] 1432 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 21 Gif it happynis the schiref to persew fugitouris with þe kingis horne..and the contre rise nocht..and folowis nocht the oute horne..ilk gentil man sal pay to the king vnforgeuin xl.s. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxi. 139 Now wols-hede and out-horne on the be tane! 15.. Adam Bel & Clym of Clough 345 (Ritson) There was an out horne in Caerlel blowen, And the belles bacward did ryng. 1546 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 61 Thaim that beis warnit be bels, outhornys, frays, and crys or uthairwise, efter the use of the cuntre. |