outboard

[out-bawrd, -bohrd] Origin

out·board

[out-bawrd, -bohrd]
adjective
1.
located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
2.
located farther from the center, as of an aircraft: the outboard end of a wing.
3.
(of a motorboat) having an outboard motor.
adverb
4.
outside or away from the center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc.: The sail swung outboard. Compare inboard.

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Outboard is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
noun
6.
a boat equipped with an outboard motor.

Origin:
1815–25; out- + board
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outboard (ˈaʊtˌbɔːd)
 
adj
1.  Compare inboard (of a boat's engine) portable, with its own propeller, and designed to be attached externally to the stern
2.  in a position away from, or further away from, the centre line of a vessel or aircraft, esp outside the hull or fuselage
 
adv
3.  away from the centre line of a vessel or aircraft, esp outside the hull or fuselage
 
n
4.  an outboard motor
5.  a boat fitted with an outboard motor

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outboard
1823, "situated on the outside of a ship," from out + board (2). In ref. to motors, attested from 1909.
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