† ˌoutˈforth, adv. (a.) Obs.
[f. out adv. + forth adv.]
Out; externally, outwardly.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. xliii. 8 Bring outforth the blinde puple. 1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love ii. v. (Skeat) l. 85 There the valance of men is demed in riches outforthe. Ibid. x. 145 Wonder I trewly why the mortal folk of this worlde seche these ways outforth. ? c 1480 Ragman Roll 158 in Hazl. E.P.P. (1864) I. 76 Thogh they her malys inwarde keuir and wrye, And outfouryth the fayryst that they kane. |
B. adj. (ˈoutforth). Outward, exterior, external.
| 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. C ij b, How many maners of skynnes or lether are there?..Two, one is extrynsyke or outforth, and that is proprely called lether. 1559 Mirr. Mag. (1563) C viij, Warres both of outforthe and inward enemyes. |
¶ † with outforth, erroneous division of without forth: see forth adv. 2 b. Cf. beneath-forth.