Definition of outward

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Outward (a.) Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.

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Outward :: Outward (a.) Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer..
Advenient :: Advenient (a.) Coming from outward causes; superadded.
Abattis :: Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy..
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie..
Outwards :: Outwards (adv.) See Outward, adv..
Outward :: Outward (a.) Tending to the exterior or outside.
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him..
Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Substance :: Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence..
Outslide :: Outslide (v. i.) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding..
Surface :: Surface (n.) Hence, outward or external appearance..
Heading :: Heading (n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
External :: External (n.) Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural..
Sign :: Sign (n.) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas..
Pound :: Pound (n.) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward..
Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..
Cerebrifugal :: Cerebrifugal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards..
Eversion :: Eversion (n.) The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium..
Transfigure :: Transfigure (v. t.) To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
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