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Definition of Offkey
1. pitched higher or lower than the correct musical tone [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offkey
Literary usage of Offkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sas/access 9.1 Data Step Interface To Ca-idms: Reference by Institute SAS Institute, Sas Institute (2004)
"The 3-byte character variable offkey contains CALC key values that will be ...
OFFICE, and the current offkey value is used as a CALC value to obtain the ..."
2. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors ...by Samuel Austin Allibone by Samuel Austin Allibone (1899)
"offkey, No. 14. 1. The Human Hand, and other Poems, 2d ed., Lon., 1852, 12mo.
Not commended by Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1852, 182. 2. ..."
3. Annales by Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) (1884)
"XAN, ingénieur, place de l'Hôtel-do-Ville, 8. offkey (Pierre), fabricant d'armes,
rue Mulatière, 36. OTIN (Antoine), horticulteur, au Portail-Rouge. ..."
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