† ˈouterest, a. Obs.
Also 5 owt(t)erest.
[A superlative formed on outer: cf. innerest. The more frequent form was utterest, q.v.]
= outermost, uttermost.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. met. vi. 55 (Add. MS.) Þe sonne..comyng from his outerest [Camb. MS. owtereste] arysyng til he hidde his bemes vndir þe wawes. Ibid. iv. pr. vi. 136 Þilke þat is outerest [Camb. MS. owtterest]..as it is for þest fro þe mydel symplicite of þe poynt. |