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

Counterclaim :: Counterclaim (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

Offset :: Offset (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object..

Offset :: Offset (v. i.) To make an offset.

Offsetting :: Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offse.

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

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

Set-off :: Set-off (n.) Same as Offset, n., 4..

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

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..

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

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..

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

Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..

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 (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc..

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

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..

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..

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

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