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ˈoff-go Sc. colloq.
[f. off- 3 + go n.1]
A start, beginning: = go-off.
1886Stevenson Kidnapped i. 5 The first..will likely please ye best at the first off-go. 1896Ian Maclaren Kate Carnegie 96 He wes a wee fractious an' self-willed at the off-go.
So ˈoff-ˌgoing vbl. n., departure, going away, removal (in quot. 1770 attrib.); off-going ppl. a., that goes off or away, or is being removed.
1727P. Walker Life Welwood in Biog. Presbyt. (1827) I. 186 He'll get a sudden and sharp Off-going. 1770E. Heslerton Inclos. Act 14 Leading and taking away the offgoing crop. 1861W. Barnes in Macm. Mag. June 130 The paths of the oncoming and offgoing bird. 1892Salisbury Jrnl. 6 Aug. 4/4 Annual Sale by Auction of about 3500 off-going Dorset Down Ewes, Lambs and Wethers. |