2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Off"set, v. i. (Printing) To make an offset.

Off"shoot` (?), n. [Off + shoot.] That which shoots off or separates

from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a

tree.

Off"shore" (?), a. From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore

signal.

Off"skip` (?), n. [Off + - skip, as in landskip.] (Paint.) That part of

a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance. [R.]

Fairholt.

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