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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
      place.

   {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;
      unhinged; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.''
      --Shak.

   {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit
      of memory; as, time out of mind.

   {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers;
      in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]

   {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or
      apprenticeship.

   {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in
      confusion.

   {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not
      proper or becoming.

   {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost
      more money than one has received.

   {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being
      exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.

   {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of
      consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.

   {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.

   {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely;
      inopportune.

   {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell;
      unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n.

   {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry.

   {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.

   {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an
      agreeing temper; fretful.

   {Out of twist}, {winding}, or {wind}, not in warped
      condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of
      surfaces.

   {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.

   {Out of the way}.
      (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.
      (b) Improper; unusual; wrong.

   {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or
      doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]

   {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including
      the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to
      measurements.

   {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some
      Western State or Territory. [U. S.]

   {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under
      {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc.

   {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy.

   {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above).

Pocket \Pock"et\, n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F.
   pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of
   Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook
   eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.]
   1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a
      garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;
      hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

   2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into
      which the balls are driven.

   3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as
      ginger, hops, cowries, etc.

   Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a
         sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,
         the articles being sold by actual weight.

   4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of
      board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.

   5. (Mining.)
      (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or
          other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a
          cavity.
      (b) A hole containing water.

   6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a
      batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

   7. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Pouch}.

   Note: Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation
         of compound words usually of obvious signification; as,
         pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket
         handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or
         pocket-picking, etc.

   {Out of pocket}. See under {Out}, prep.

   {Pocket borough}, a borough ``owned'' by some person. See
      under {Borough}. [Eng.]

   {Pocket gopher} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      American rodents of the genera {Geomys}, and {Thomomys},
      family {Geomyd[ae]}. They have large external cheek
      pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit
      North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the
      Pacific. Called also {pouched gopher}.

   {Pocket mouse} (Zo["o]l.), any species of American mice of
      the family {Saccomyid[ae]}. They have external cheek
      pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus
      {Dipadomys}), and are called {kangaroo mice}. They are
      native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.

   {Pocket piece}, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not
      spent.

   {Pocket pistol}, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.

   {Pocket sheriff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole
      authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges
      in the exchequer. --Burrill.