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offstanding
offstanding
English
Adjective
offstanding (comparative more offstanding, superlative most offstanding)
- Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.
- 1865, Geological Society of London, The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London: Volume 21:
- In the offstanding hill near Little Malvern the rock is porphyritic, being composed of small, light-coloured crystals of felspar set in an amorphous greenish [...]
- 1897, John Nutting Farrar, A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their correction:
- Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]
- 1904, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 108, Part 1:
- A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]
- 1969, Canada. Patent Office, Canadian Patent Office record: Volume 97:
- A conveying device, as claimed in claim 1, further including a coaxial spiral body carried by and offstanding from the core.
- 1865, Geological Society of London, The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London: Volume 21:
Etymology 2
From offstand.
Verb
offstanding
- present participle of offstand