1Printing (usually "outer forme") the printing surface (originally type) containing the pages from which the outer side of a sheet is printed and including matter for the first page of the printed sheet.
2Linguistics the sound system of a language.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in John Smith.
Definition of outer form in US English:
outer form
noun
1Printing (usually "outer forme") the printing surface (originally type) containing the pages from which the outer side of a sheet is printed and including matter for the first page of the printed sheet.
2Linguistics the sound system of a language.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in John Smith.