Offset () 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.

Offset () 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.

Offset () of Offset

Offsetting () of Offset

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

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

Offset () To make an 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.

Offspring () The act of production; generation.

Offspring () That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.

Offspring () Origin; lineage; family.

Offuscate () Alt. of Offuscation

Offuscation () See Obfuscate, Obfuscation.

Oft () Often; frequently; not rarely; many times.

Oft () Frequent; often; repeated.

Often () Frequently; many times; not seldom.

Often () Frequent; common; repeated.

Oftenness () Frequency.

Oftensith () Frequently; often.

Oftentide () Frequently; often.

Oftentimes () Frequently; often; many times.

Ofter () Compar. of Oft.

Ofttimes () Frequently; often.

Ogam () Same as Ogham.

Ogdoad () A thing made up of eight parts.

Ogdoastich () A poem of eight lines.

Ogee () A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.

Ogee () Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.

Ogeechee lime () The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida.

Ogeechee lime () The tree which bears this fruit.

Ogganition () Snarling; grumbling.

Ogham () A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.

Ogive () The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Ogled () of Ogle

Ogling () of Ogle

Ogle () To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.

Ogle () An amorous side glance or look.

Ogler () One who ogles.

Oglio () See Olio.

Ogre () An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

Ogreish () Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre.

Ogress () A female ogre.

Ogreism () Alt. of Ogrism

Ogrism () The character or manners of an ogre.

Ogygian () Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.

Oh () An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.

Ohm () The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampere. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm.

Oho () An exclamation of surprise, etc.

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