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Definition of Outflies
1. outfly [v] - See also: outfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outflies
Literary usage of Outflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1853)
"Night dwells o'er all the deep: and now outflies The gloomy west, and whistles
in the skies. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Ye taper maidens ! whose impetuous speed outflies the roe, nor bends the tender
grass, See here this prize, this rich lac'd smock behold, White as your ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... He straight resumes his wonted care; Leaves the untasted spring behind, And
winged with fear, outflies the wind. AT PENSHURST WHILE in this park I sing, ..."
4. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"... and conquers him in his owu field ;—outflies him in motion, outnumbers him in
multitude, outwits him iu fancy, and out- flames him in rage,—he can be ..."
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