Talk:Outwith

There is more discussion over on the Talk:Glasgow page because I edited the following sentence in the Glasgow article....

"Glasgow has the largest urban rail network in the UK outwith London, with rail services travelling to a large part of the West of Scotland."

I also added an example. My question is does this word refer more to legal documents/concepts rather than to an actual physical location?ThanksTom 14:49, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The usage sounds fine to me. I simply object to a dictionary definition masquerading as an encyclopaedia article.
 * Some usage quotations from the OED:


 * a1300 Cursor M. 20922 (Cott.) Vt-wit [Gött. vtewid, Edin. outwiþ, Fairf. wiþ-out, Trin. wiþoute] þe toun apon þe est side. Ibid. 588 (Cott.) Vtewit [Fairf. Oute-wiþ] paradis [was adam] wroght.
 * 1640 Bk. War Comm. Covenanters 133 The awners quhairof are outwith the kingdome.
 * 1885 Law Rep. 10 App. Cas. 457 Any Court or tribunal outwith Scotland.
 * 1947 H. Farmer Hist. Music Scotl. 216 In music, there was but one name, John Abell (d. 1724), and he gained his fame outwith Scotland.
 * 1970 ‘E. Ferrars’ Seven Sleepers iv. 46 I'm moving into a small bungalow outwith the town.


 * Stringops 18:43, 3 April 2006 (UTC)