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outgate (iou)



outgate noun & adverb. obsolete exc. Scot. & north. ME.
[from OUT- + GATE noun2.]
A. noun.
The action of going out; exit, egress. ME.
A way out, an outlet; fig. a way of escape or deliverance. LME.
b. An outcome. Scot. M16.
Usu. in pl. Goods going out of a town or port; duty on these. Cf. INGATE 3. obsolete exc. Hist. E17.
b. adverb. Outwards; outside. L16.