·vi To make an offset.
II. Offset ·Impf & ·p.p. of Offset.
III. Offset ·noun A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
IV. Offset ·vt To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, ·etc.
V. Offset ·noun In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something.
VI. Offset ·noun A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, ·etc. ·see ·Illust. of Houseleek.
VII. Offset ·vt To set off; to place over against; to Balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
VIII. Offset ·noun A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
IX. Offset ·noun 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.
X. Offset ·noun 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.
XI. Offset ·noun 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.
XII. Offset ·noun 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.