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 Meaning of OUTER
| Pronunciation: |  | 'awtur 
 
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[adj]  (anatomy) being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"  [adj]  located outside; "outer reality"   |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | external, outward |  |  |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | 
\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.
\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.
\Out"er\, n. [From {Out}, v.]
One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster;
dispossession. [R.]
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