Outward

Definition of Outward

Out´ward
adv.1.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.
The wrong side may be turned outward.
- Shak.
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.
- Sir I. Newton.
Outward bound
bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; - said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.
a.1.Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; - opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- Cor. iv. 16.
2.Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
An outward honor for an inward toil.
- Shak.
3.Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
4.Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its outward way.
- Dryden.
Outward stroke
(Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
n.1.External form; exterior.
So fair an outward and such stuff within.
- Shak.

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