offstanding

comparative more offstanding · superlative most offstanding

1. Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.

   A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]

   1904, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 108, Part 1

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   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 [...]

   1865, The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London: Volume 21, Geological Society of London

   Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]

   1897, John Nutting Farrar, A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their correction

   A conveying device, as claimed in claim 1, further including a coaxial spiral body carried by and offstanding from the core.

   1969, Canada. Patent Office, Canadian Patent Office record: Volume 97

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of offstand