Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒuter(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒuter(e n. |
| Etymology | From ǒuten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A publisher; a circulator of counterfeit coin; (b) one who rides out, a forager.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1415) Hoccl.York (Hnt HM 111)17 : Go, little pamfilet..Be thow an owter of my nycetee For my good lordes lust and game & play.
- a1605(c1422) Hoccl.Dial.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)175 : Vengaunce on..ye false moneyours and on yowre outeris.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)28b/b : Forator:..an outere.