out av, prep Cp OED ~ av 2 for senses 1, 2.
   1 To Newfoundland from Great Britain or Ireland.
   [1794] 1968 THOMAS 172 He reported that, in the year before his arrival, Captain Holdsworth of Dartmouth had brought out from England no less than Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Passengers. 1888 Colonist Christmas No 4 If she had 'come out' here as a young person, which is more than probable, her memory would have gone back to the commencement of the previous century. 1901 Christmas Review 8 He had come out on a health trip at the suggestion of his doctors. 1912 Nfld Qtly Dec, p. 28 Joe Woodford, who resides in the little fishing station of Boat Harbour just below Cape Norman. Joe Woodford is an Englishman 'out of England' as they are termed on the shore. P 108-71 He came out as a draper to Bowring's.
   2 Towards the sea-coast; seaward.
   1964 Evening Telegram 30 Oct, p. 6 Carried by the tide the Sierstad drifted out Conception Bay to within two miles of Cape St Francis when she suddenly went down. C 71-113 'He went out the road,' meaning towards the east [and the sea].
   3 Phr out of collar: see COLLAR.
   out (of) doors: attached to the stern of a boat rather than in-board.
   T 43/7-64 But these wester shore boats had the rudder out o' doors, hung down by the stern, an' a big tiller. P 241-68 Some ships had a transom and the rudder came up through the stern, but if the boat had a counter stern like the one I am describing it will be referred to as a rudder out of doors or counter stern. 1977 BUTLER 34 Many of the fishermen residing at Kingwell were experienced boat builders. All the fishing boats were the same type with the rudder outdoors.
   out of one barrel: living closely together, sharing.
   1958 HARRINGTON 116 The families lived as we say 'out of one barrel, and one purse.'

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