'Taking-off' definitions:

Definition of 'Taking-off'

From: GCIDE
  • Taking-off \Tak"ing-off`\, n.
  • 1. Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. [1913 Webster]
  • The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Print.) The removal of sheets from the press. [Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]