What is lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached called?
outlying — Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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