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From the shore;
as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Off"skip` (?), n. [Off + -
skip, as in landskip.] (Paint.) That part of a
landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance. [R.]
Fairholt.

Off"spring` (?), n.sing. & pl.
[Off + spring.]

1. The act of production; generation.
[Obs.]

2. That which is produced; a child or
children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the
stock.

To the gods alone

Our future offspring and our wives are known.

Dryden.

3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.]
Fairfax.

{ Of*fus"cate (?), Of`fus*ca`tion (?) }.
See Obfuscate, Obfuscation. [Obs.]

Oft (&obreve;ft; 115), adv. [AS.
oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto, Sw.
ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel. opt, Goth. ufta;
of uncertain origin. Cf. Often.

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