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