(b) After some adjectives,—clear of, free of, wide of, bare of, etc.; especially adjectives and adverbs of direction, as north of, south of, etc.
The hills were bare of trees.—Bayard Taylor.
Back of that tree, he had raised a little Gothic chapel. —Gavarre.
(c) After nouns expressing lack, deprivation, etc.
A singular want of all human relation.—Higginson.
(d) With words expressing distance.
Until he had come within a staff's length of the old dame. —Hawthorne
Within a few yards of the young man's hiding place.—Id.
(3) With expressions of material, especially out of.
White shirt with diamond studs, or breastpin of native gold.—Bancroft.