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Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court …

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  1. a. Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world.
  2. n. The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.
  3. n. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
  4. v. One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession.
  5. adj. being on the outside or further from a center
  6. adj. located outside
  7. adj. being on or toward the outside of the body
  8. Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target. One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [R.]
  9. Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from theinterior, from a given station, or from any space or positionregarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, theouter wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; theouter world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter)barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyondthe space reserved for Queen's counsel.
  10. j:100 a. being on the outside or further from a center s. located outside s. being on or toward the outside of the body