Definition of off

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Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..

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Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia..
Keepership :: Keepership (n.) The office or position of a keeper.
Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.
Discalceated :: Discalceated (a.) Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money..
Exequatur :: Exequatur (n.) Official recognition or permission.
Offhand :: Offhand (adv.) In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand..
Hew :: Hew (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Revest :: Revest (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority..
Scalp :: Scalp (n.) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory..
Mangonize :: Mangonize (v. t.) To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage.
Filacer :: Filacer (n.) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Renunciation :: Renunciation (n.) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right..
Scorn :: Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully..
Write :: Write (v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices..
Crastination :: Crastination (n.) Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow.
Tender :: Tender (n.) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest..
Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..
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