{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring. ] [ F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; à (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. Custody), or perh. akin to E. guilt. ] To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both accoutered like young men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter. ] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

How gay with all the accouterments of war! [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Clout, n. ] Clumsy; awkward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An extinguisher for candles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who flouts; a mocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. foutre to lecher, L. futuere. Cf. Fouty. ] A despicable fellow. [ Prov. Eng. ] Brockett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. of Out. ] [ AS. ūtor, compar. of ūt, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a. ] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. [ 1913 Webster ]

Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Out, v. ] One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Utterly; entirely. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toward the outside. [ R. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Uttermost, Utmost, and cf. Outmost. ] Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the outermost row. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. clothing for use outdoors.
Syn. -- overclothes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ Also plowter, plotter. ] [ Perh. imitative. ] To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [ Scot. & Dial. Eng. ]

I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Also plowter. ] Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing. [ Scot. & Dial.Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, pouts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. E. pout, and G. puter turkey. ] (Zool.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Carp.) (a) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes. (b) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A machine with a rapidly revolving vertical spindle and cutter for scooping out the surface of wood or metal, as between and around the engraved parts of an electrotype. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who shouts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. s&unr_;t&unr_;re, fr. It. sutor, fr. suere to sew. ] A shoemaker; a cobbler. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Subterranean. ] A grotto or cavern under ground. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, spouts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]