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- Offset - n. - In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
- Offset - n. - A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
- Offset - n. - 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.
- Offset - n. - A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- Offset - n. - 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.
- Offset - n. - A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- Offset - n. - 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 - n. - 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 - imp. & p. p. - of Offset
- Offset - v. t. - To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
- Offset - v. t. - To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
- Offset - v. i. - To make an offset.
- Offsetting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Offset
- Scarcement - n. - An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
- Skew - n. - A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
- Table - n. - A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
- Offset - v. t. - To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
- Counterclaim - n. - A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
- Redeem - v. t. - To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
- Redan - n. - A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
- Offset - v. t. - To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
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- H862 אַתּוּק - 862 אַתּוּק - אַתּוּק - - ʼattûwq - at-tooke' - or אַתִּיק; from נָתַק in the sense of decreasing; a ledge or offset in abuilding; gallery. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4052 מִגְרָעָה - 4052 מִגְרָעָה - מִגְרָעָה - - migrâʻâh - mig-raw-aw' - from גָּרַע; a ledge or offset; narrowed rest. - Noun Feminine - heb