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Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..

Table :: Table (n.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table..

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error..

Set-off :: Set-off (n.) See Offset, 7..

Offset :: Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor..

Cross :: Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..

Step :: Step (v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs..

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

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..

Offset :: Offset (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off..

Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..

Offset :: Offset (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something.

Set-off :: Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk..

Stepper :: Stepped (a.) Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key..

Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..

Setback :: Setback (n.) Offset, n., 4..

Offset :: Offset (imp. & p. p.) of Offse.

Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

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