See Also: OUTLAW, Eng(law)
outlaw(2)(dictionary)
outlaw(1)(dictionary)
outlaw 1, verb(dictionary)
outlaw 2, noun(dictionary)
Outlaw Line - General(gambling)
ice sheet(dictionary)
Sheet(medicine)
sheet(3)(dictionary)
rap sheet(dictionary)

outlaw(1) (iou) and sheet(2) (iou)


outlaw(1) (iou)



outlaw noun & adjective. LOE.
[Old Norse utlagi, from utlagr outlawed, banished, from ut out (of) + pl. of lag law: see OUT adverb, LAW noun1.]
A. noun.
Orig., a person deprived of the benefits and protection of the law, a person under sentence of outlawry. Later also, a fugitive from the law; an exile. LOE.
b. fig. A wild, unmanageable, or untamed animal. L16.
c. A lawless person; a professional criminal. L19.
(A sentence or proclamation of) outlawry. rare. LME-M17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Designating or of the Nature of an outlaw. E20.
outlaw strike an unofficial strike.

sheet(2) (iou)



sheet noun2.

I. A garment; a cloth, a napkin. Only in OE.
II. A corner, an angle; a lower corner of a sail. Only in OE.
Nautical. A rope or chain attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing the sail or altering its direction relative to the wind. ME.
betwixt a pair of sheets (of a ship) sailing right before the wind. flowing sheet: slackened to allow free movement in the wind. three sheets to the wind very drunk. jib-sheet: see JIB noun1. mainsheet: see MAIN adjective.
Nautical. In pl. The (boarded) fore and aft sections of an open boat. Cf. FORESHEET 2, STERNSHEET 1, 3. M17.
Comb.: sheet bend a knot used for temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another; sheet-block a block or pulley through which a sheet runs.