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a. On the opposite or further side; most distant; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox.
Off side, in the United States, the right hand in driving; the side most remote from the driver when he walks on the left side of his team, as is usual. But the opposite in England. See GEE.
[From of, supra.] From; away from; denoting, (a.) Distance; as, the house is a mile off. (b.) 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. (c.) Departure, abatement, remission, or a leaving; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off. (d.) (Paint.) Projection or relief. [Obs.]
This comes off well and excellent. Shak.
(e.) Different direction; — equivalent to from, away, not toward; as, to look off; — opposed to on or toward. (f.) The opposite side of a question.
The questions no way touch upon Puritanism, either off or on. Sanderson.
From off, off from; off. — Off-hand, without study or preparation; as, she plays a tune off-hand; he speaks fluently off-hand. — Off and on. (a.) At one time applying and engaged, then absent or remiss. (b.) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land. — To be off, to depart or to recede from an agreement or design. [Colloq.] — To come off. (a.) To escape, or to fare in the event. (b.) To take place, as an exhibition. — To get off. (a.) To alight; to come down. (b.) To make escape. — To go off. (a.) To depart; to desert. (b.) To take fire; to be discharged, as a gun. — To take off. (a.) To take away. (b.) To mimic or personate. — Well off, ill off, badly off, having good or ill success.
Sense 1. Not on; as, to be off one's legs; he was not off the bed the whole day.
Sense 2. Distant from; as, about two miles off this town. [Obs.] Addison.
Away; begone; — a command to depart, either with or without contempt or abhorrence.