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See under 4th Post.

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. Shak. I reck not what wrong that thou me profre. Chaucer.

One who proffers something.

A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L'Estrange.

ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak.

One who scoffs. 2 Pet. iii. 3.

The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. Holinshed.

In a scoffing manner. Broome.

Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. -- Sem`i*of*fi"cial*ly, adv.

That which is set off against another thing; an offset. I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold.

A banker, or changer of money. [East Indies]

The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased. [East Indies]

A short candle end used for igniting a fuse. Raymond.

The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.

Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling. [Colloq. Eng.] Dickens.

An under or subordinate officer.

An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

A start in a hunt or a race. [Eng.]

A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.] Kipling.