the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Dictionaries
Off (2)
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
(2):
(prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
(3):
(adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
(4):
(adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.
(5):
(adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
(6):
(interj.) Away; begone; - a command to depart.
(7):
(n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
(8):
(adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
(9):
(adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
(10):
(adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
(11):
(a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Off (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/off-2.html. 1828.