out-shoot

Updated: May 13, 2025

Ride or out-ride, shoot or out-shoot? Tyc. Still the same. Si. So I presume an out-diner is better than a diner? Tyc. Indisputable. Henceforward I shall come to you morning and afternoon like a schoolboy for lessons. And I am sure you ought to do your very best for me, as your first pupil. Anacharsis. Solon An. Why do your young men behave like this, Solon?

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

When Timar arrived within a cast of the mill, he took a coil of the anchor-rope in his right hand; a hook was fastened to its end. The rudderless mass came quickly nearer, like some drifting antediluvian monster blind chance guided it; its paddle-wheel turned swiftly with the motion of the water, and under the empty out-shoot the mill-stone revolved over the flour-bin as if it was working hard.

Mór Jókai - Timar's Two Worlds