a. and adv. Obs. Forms: 4–5 vtter-, etc., vtirmere (6 Sc. -maire), 5–6 -mer; 4–7 -more, 5 vttermor. [f. UTTER a. + -MORE. Cf. ON. útar meirr, MSw. yttermere (Sw. -mera, Da. ydermere), and OUTERMORE a.]
A. adj. 1. More outward, remoter, farther removed; exterior, outer (opp. to inner).
1382. Wyclif, Matt. xxii. 13. His hondis and feet bounden, sende ȝee hym into vttermore derknessis.
14[?]. Wycliffite Bible, Ezek. xlvi. 21. Wher thei shuln say sacrifice, that thei bere not out in to the vtmer [v.r. vttermore] house.
c. 1520. M. Nisbet, Matt. viii. 12. [They] salbe castin out into vtirmaire mirknessis.
1565. Raynald’s Byrth Mankynde, p. li. The seconde or vttermer infolder of the bottome of the matrix.
a. 1608. Dee, Relat. Spirits, I. (1659), 249. The foresaid letter,… and moreover … the Copy of the Emperour’s letter, all in one uttermore paper closed (Letter like).
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit., I. 701. The two Pyramides in the middest … did almost touch one another: the uttermore stand not far off.
2. Very great; utmost. rare–1.
1382. Wyclif, Exod. xx. 18. Al the puple … ferde and smitun togidere with vttermore drede.
3. External; secular; lay. rare–1.
1395. Purvey, Remonstr. (1851), 138. It were bettere to him that ertheli dedes constreyniden him to deth, vndir vttirmore other worldli abide.
4. = OUTWARD a. 4. rare–1.
a. 1420. Wycliffite Bible, Prov. iii. 3, margin. Temperaunce and oneste in vtirmere conuersacioun.
B. adv. Farther outward. rare–1.
1414. 26 Pol. Poems, 58. Whanne ȝe han made pes wiþ-ynne All ȝoure reme in vnyte, Vttere-more ȝe mot bygynne.
