Found 1 items, similar to Outward stroke.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Outward stroke Outward \Out"ward\, a. 1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. [1913 Webster] Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. “Sins outward.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] --Hayward. [1913 Webster] 4. Tending to the exterior or outside. [1913 Webster] The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke. [1913 Webster]