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Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. Gray.

The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.

One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.

The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world.

An outer or exterior court. The skirts and outcourts of heaven. South.

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.

An outer room. [R.] Fuller.

The part or space which lies without an inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary. I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside. Spectator.

A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth. The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.

Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer. An outward honor for an in ward toil. Shak.

An outer garment.

Uppermost; outermost. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.

Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.

An outer garment; a cloak mantle. His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold. Spenser.

r for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.

One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- Par`a*phrag"mal, a.