We had bared the brig down to the close-reefed main-topsail; yet, though we were dead before the Outfly, its first blow rent the fragment of sail as if it were formed of smoke, and in an instant it disappeared, flashing over the bows like a scattering of torn paper, leaving nothing but the bolt-ropes behind.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Stan watched them as they went into their circle and saw that even in making such a maneuver they could Outfly his ship.
"A Yankee Flier in Italy"
Rutherford G. Montgomery
Birds of his species will sometimes Outfly and escape the eagle-that is, some eagles, for these bird-kings differ in degrees of swiftness as hounds or horses.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid