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Outward bound

Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. [=u]teweard. See Out, and -ward, -wards.] From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.

The wrong side may be turned outward.
--Shak.

Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.
--Sir I. Newton.

Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.

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Outward Bound

Outward Bound (OB) is an international, non-profit, independent outdoor-education organization with approximately 40 schools around the world and 200,000 participants per year. Outward Bound programs aim to foster the personal growth and social skills of participants by using challenging expeditions in the outdoors.

Outward Bound (album)

Outward Bound is a jazz album by Eric Dolphy, released in 1960. His first album as leader, it is somewhat less adventurous and more oriented towards straight bebop than the majority of his later recordings.

Of the three Dolphy originals on the album, "G.W." is dedicated to the Californian bandleader Gerald Wilson, "Les" is named after the trombonist Lester Robinson, and "245" was the number of Dolphy's house.

Outward Bound (film)

Outward Bound is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film based on the 1924 hit play of the same name by Sutton Vane. It stars Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Chandler, Beryl Mercer, Montagu Love, Alison Skipworth, Alec B. Francis, and Dudley Digges. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).

Outward Bound (disambiguation)

Outward Bound is a non-profit organization which runs adventure and wilderness programs.

Outward Bound may also refer to:

  • Outward Bound (play), a hit 1923 play by Sutton Vane
    • Outward Bound (film), a 1930 film adaptation of the play
  • Outward Bound (album), a 1960 jazz album by Eric Dolphy
  • Outward Bound, a 1999 novel by James P. Hogan
  • Outward bound, a nautical term for a ship leaving a port and heading to the open sea
Outward Bound (play)

Outward Bound is a 1923 play written by Sutton Vane.

Usage examples of "outward bound".

The last time he'd seen a galley was off the Gold Coast two years ago when his fleet was outward bound, all five ships together.

In agreeing to go to the Outward Bound meeting, Nell had no particular end in mind.

The station was outward bound for the apastron of its shortened and cometary path.

We were outward bound from Palanque with a load of weapons and fire oil.