Category:Oust

Oust, n.

Defn: see oast.

Oust Oust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ousted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ousting.] Etym: [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 turn out. Blackstone. From mine own earldom foully ousted me. Tennyson.