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Outward stroke

Outward \Out"ward\, a.

  1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

    Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
    --Cor. iv. 16.

  2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.''
    --Chaucer.

    An outward honor for an inward toil.
    --Shak.

  3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.]
    --Hayward.

  4. Tending to the exterior or outside.

    The fire will force its outward way.
    --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n.

    Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.

Usage examples of "outward stroke".

An outward stroke of your thumb on a star point will send an electric shock into the brain of that individual crew member.