adv. phr. Obs. Also written 4 al-out, 5–6 al-out(e, all-out. [See ALL C 9.]
1. adv. Entirely, completely, quite.
c. 1300. Beket, 1940. The lawes of his lond alout riȝt withsede.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 2935. Now have I declared thee alle oute.
c. 1500. Partenay, 866. Thay approched Columbere toun al-oute.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XI. xvi. 19. To mekil all out sa cruel punyssing.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), I. 10. Not all out foure moneths. Ibid., I. 365. Not all out so good.
1638. Sanderson, 35 Serm. (1681), II. 115. Our conversation … cannot be all out so free and familiar.
2. esp. To drink all out: to empty a bumper.
1530. Palsgr., 676/2. I quaught, I drinke all out. Je boys dautant.
1542. Boorde, Introd. Knowl., 151. There be many good felowes, the whyche wyll drynke all out.
1605. Verstegan, Dec. Intell. (1634), 13. To say drink a Garaus … which is to say All-out.
3. Hence subst. A bumper. [Cf. CAROUSE.]
1611. Cotgr., Alluz (Fr.), all-out; or a carouse fully drunk up.
