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Webster 1913 Edition


Oust

Oust

,
Noun.
See
Oast
.

Oust

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ousted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ousting
.]
[OF.
oster
, F.
ôter
, prob. fr. L.
obstare
to oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See
Obstacle
, and cf.
Ouster
.]
1.
To take away; to remove.
Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law
ousted
.
Sir M. Hale.
2.
To eject; to expel; to turn out.
Blackstone.
From mine own earldom foully
ousted
me.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oust

OUST

,
Noun.
[L. ustus.] A kiln to dry hops or malt.