Definition of off

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Off (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like..

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Railer :: Railer (n.) One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language..
Java :: "Java (n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Score :: Score (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number..
Tolerance :: Tolerance (n.) The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration..
Chief-justiceship :: Chief-justiceship (n.) The office of chief justice.
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches..
Antimagistrical :: Antimagistrical (a.) Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates.
Bedpost :: Bedpost (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act..
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Record :: Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes..
Sterile :: Sterile (a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens..
Exuviation :: Exuviation (n.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis..
Argue :: Argue (v. i.) To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason..
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity..
Neuvaines :: Neuvaines (n. pl.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.
Scullery :: Scullery (n.) Hence, refuse; filth; offal..
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