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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. [=u]teweard.
See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
as, a ship bound outward.
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The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
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Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
I. Newton.
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{Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
{homeward bound}.
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