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Cricket
a. the part of the field on that side of the pitch to which the batsman presents his bat when taking strike: thus for a right-hander, off is on the right-hand side
b. a fielding position in this part of the field
c. (as modifier): the off stump
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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(engineering)
Designating the inoperative state of a device, or one of two possible conditions (the other being “on”) in a circuit.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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On drawings, abbr. for “office.”
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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He even managed not to laugh (though he did gulp) when we discovered on the mantelpiece a photograph of Joey in ordinary clothes, the garments he wore before he became a clown.
And as I went over the hill, I could hear his monstrous laugh reverberating against the sky.
In the room there was silence and then again old Edward King laughed nervously.
He made Adelaida and Alexandra laugh all the way to the Vauxhall; but they both laughed so very really and promptly that the worthy Evgenie began at last to suspect that they were not listening to him at all.
At this the Sheriff looked grave and all the guild of butchers too, so that none laughed but Robin, only some winked slyly at each other.
"Oh, oh, oh, how lovely!" breathed Pollyanna; then she laughed suddenly.
"Oh, these Russians!" exclaimed the landlord, with an angry toss of the head, while the bystanders laughed and the clerk betook himself to his accounts.
This made Scraps laugh more heartily than ever, and she said:
"You need n't sniff at him, for he is nice, and treats me with respect," cried Maud, with an energy that made Tom laugh in her face.
Was it not the word of him who said: "Woe unto them that laugh now!"
And then she began to laugh too and they both laughed until they could not stop themselves and they laughed until the room echoed and Mrs.
This monologue ended, D'Artagnan began to laugh, whilst making his whip whistle in the air.
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