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offside
CIDE DICTIONARY
offside, adj.
Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; -- in sports such as football or hockey; as, the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
offside, adj. & n.
--adj. Sport (of a player in a field game) in a position, usu. ahead of the ball, that is not allowed if it affects play.
--n. (often attrib.) esp. Brit. the right side of a vehicle, animal, etc. (cf. NEARSIDE).
--adj. Sport (of a player in a field game) in a position, usu. ahead of the ball, that is not allowed if it affects play.
--n. (often attrib.) esp. Brit. the right side of a vehicle, animal, etc. (cf. NEARSIDE).
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offside
Dextrality
N dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside, starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally.For further exploring for "offside" in Webster Dictionary Online