Vocabulary : Off to Offendress
Off : In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: ;; Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. ;; Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like. ;; 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. ;; Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off. ;; Denoting opposition or negation. ;; Away; begone; -- a command to depart. ;; Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. ;; 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. ;; Designating a time when one is not strictlyOffal : The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal. ;; A dead body; carrion. ;; That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
Offcut : That which is cut off. ;; A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.
Offence : See Offense. ;; The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury. ;; The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. ;; A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Offend : To strike against; to attack; to assail. ;; To displease; to make angry; to affront. ;; To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience. ;; To transgress; to violate; to sin against. ;; To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
