Definition of off

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Off (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg..

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Receivership :: Receivership (n.) The state or office of a receiver.
Set :: Set (n.) A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique..
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin..
Argument :: Argument (n.) A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it..
Proffer :: Proffer (n.) An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship..
Reformatory :: Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
Prostitution :: Prostitution (n.) The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off..
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical..
Infeoffment :: Infeoffment (n.) See Enfeoffment.
Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To lead off in delivering the ball.
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates..
Reason :: Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument..
Enthronize :: Enthronize (v. t.) To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
Inhearse :: Inhearse (v. t.) To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Fiscal :: Fiscal (n.) A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
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