outloose

English

Etymology

out- +‎ loose

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtluːs/

Noun

outloose (plural outlooses)

1. (obsolete) A loosing from; an escape or outlet; an evasion.
   • 1689, John Selden, Table Talk:

     That whereas gives me an outloose.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “outloose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)