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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Utter \Ut"ter\, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as
outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.]
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1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." --Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a
shirt and utter mantle laid." --Chapman.
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As doth an hidden moth
The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch.
--Spenser.
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2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the
center; outer. [Obs.]
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Through utter and through middle darkness borne.
--Milton.
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The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five
miles from Sandwich. --Holinshed.
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3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter
ruin; utter darkness.
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They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious
thoughts which disquiet mankind. --Atterbury.
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4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an
utter refusal or denial. --Clarendon.
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{Utter bar} (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See
{Outer bar}, under 1st {Outer}. [Eng.]
{Utter barrister} (Law), one recently admitted as barrister,
who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar,
as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes
permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] --Cowell.
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