Vocabulary : Offset to Oft
Offset : In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something ;; A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek. ;; 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. ;; A spur from a range of hills or mountains. ;; 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. ;; A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object. ;; An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside. ;; 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. ;; of Offset ;; To setOffsetting : of Offset
Offshoot : That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Offshore : From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
Offskip : That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance.
