▪ I. ˈoutˌbearing, vbl. n.
[f. bear out: out- 9.]
† 1. Production, bringing forth. Obs.
| c 1350 All Saints 93 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 143 Þat was ordand for þis thing, To pay for þe erth out-bering. |
† 2. Projection. Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr., Coude de la branche, the elbow or out-bearing of the branch of a Bit. |
3. Self-assertion. Sc.
| 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1873) 269 Wi' a' 'er ootbearin' an' pride. |
▪ II. † ˈoutˌbearing, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. as prec.: out- 10.]
Self-assertive, arrogant.
| 1607 Hieron Wks. I. 374 This out-bearing humour..is so strong in the vnregenerate, that euen when they are condemned and are going away to hell, they will yet turne againe, and say, ‘When did wee so and so?’ 1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man (1627) 157, I tooke it for granted that my Gentrie stood in idlenesse..in..great wordes, and in some out-bearing gestures, the formes of Gentry. |