Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS. [=u]tor,
compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See {Out}, {Utter}, 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.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outer \Out"er\, n.
(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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outer \Out"er\, n. [From {Out}, v.]
One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster;
dispossession. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
outer
adj 1: being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours
adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs" [syn: {outer(a)}]
[ant: {inner(a)}]
2: located outside; "outer reality"
3: (anatomy) being on or toward the outside of the body; "the
outer ear"
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