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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,559 words match “OFF”

FEOFOR; FEOFFER n.
One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.
GOFF n. 2 definitions
A silly clown. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
GOFFER v.
To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. Clarke.
HEAVE OFFERING n.
An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix. 27.
INFEOFF v.
See Enfeoff.
INFEOFFMENT n.
See Enfeoffment.
INOFFENSIVE a. 3 definitions
Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.
INOFFICIAL a.
Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence. Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business. Pickering.
INOFFICIALLY adv.
Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
INOFFICIOUS a. 3 definitions
Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.] Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. B. Jonson.
INOFFICIOUSLY adv.
Not-officiously.
KNOCK-OFF a. 3 definitions
That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.
KOFF n.
A two-masted Dutch vessel.
LEFT-OFF a.
Laid a side; cast-off.
LET-OFF n.
A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.
LOFFE v.
To laugh. [Obs.] Shak.
MOFF n.
A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.
OVEROFFICE v.
To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] Shak.
OVEROFFICIOUS a.
Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier.
PINCOFFIN n.
A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.
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