Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In brickmaking, to carry off from the molding-table and place on the ground to dry.
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- verb Alternative form of
offbear .
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Examples
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There were three boys at each "table," and we had to "off-bear" 5,500 bricks, the task for each day.
Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Booker T. Washington 1885
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Boing Boing is commemorating ten years of wonderfully eclectic and off-bear stories on its very popular web site.
The Command Line 2010
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