Chapter 1059

Burnt offering , Drink offering , etc. See under Burnt . etc.

Offertory <Xpage=998>

Of"fer*to*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Offertories . [L. offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. offertory: cf.F. offertoire .] 1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.]

Bacon. Bp. Fell.

2. (R.C.Ch.) (a) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. (b) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration. (c) The oblation of the elements.

3. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) (a) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings. (b) The offerings themselves.

Offerture <Xpage=998>

Of"fer*ture (?) , n. [LL. offertura an offering.] Offer; proposal; overture. [Obs.]

More offertures and advantages to his crown. Milton.

Offhand <Xpage=998>

Off"hand` (?) , a. Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech ; offhand excuses. -- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand .

Office <Xpage=998>

Of"fice (?) , n. [F., fr. L. officium , for opificium ; ops ability, wealth, holp + facere to do or make. See Opulent , Fact .] 1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices , pious offices .

I would I could do a good office between you. Shak.

2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office ; a municipal office .

3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new .

Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office . Rom. xi. 13.

4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.

They [the eyes] resign their office and their light. Shak.

Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight upon the earth. Milton.

In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms. Sir I. Newton.

5. The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office ; a lawyer's office .

6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office .

7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.]

As for the offices , let them stand at distance. Bacon.

8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.

This morning was read in the church, after the office was done, the declaration setting forth the late conspiracy against the king's person. Evelyn.

Holy office . Same as Inquisition , n. , 3. -- Houses of office . Same as def. 7 above. Chaucer . -- Little office (R.C.Ch.) , an office recited in honor of the Virgin Mary. -- Office bearer , an officer; one who has a specific office or duty to perform. -- Office copy (Law) , an authenticated or certified copy of a record, from the proper office. See Certified copies , under Copy . Abbott. -- Office-found (Law) , the finding of an inquest of office. See under Inquest . -- Office holder . See Officeholder in the Vocabulary

Office <Xpage=998>

Of`fice (?) , v. t. To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.]

Shak.

Officeholder <Xpage=998>

Of"fice*hold"er (?) , n. An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

Officer <Xpage=998>

Of"fi*cer (?) , n. [F. officier . See Office , and cf. Official , n. ] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer ; a police officer ; a staff officer . "I am an officer of state."

Shak.

2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.

Field officer , General officer , etc. See under Field , General . etc. -- Officer of the day (Mil.) , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. -- Officer of the deck , &or; Officer of the watch (Naut.) , the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.

Officer <Xpage=998>

Of"fi*cer , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Officered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Officering .] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

Marshall.

2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits .

Official <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"cial (?) , a. [L. officialis : cf. F. officiel . See Office , and cf. Official , n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine .

That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. Shak.

2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report .

3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacop\'d2ia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation . Cf. Officinal .

4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]

The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne.

Official <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"cial , n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf.F. official . See Official , a. , and cf. Officer .] 1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Blackstone.

Officialism <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"cial*ism (?) , n. The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.

Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.

Officialily <Xpage=998>

Of*fi`ci*al`i*ly (?) , n. See Officialty .

Officially <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"cial*ly (?) , adv. By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.

Officialty <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"cial*ty (?) , n. [Cf.F. officialit\'82 .] The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.

Ayliffe.

Officiant <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"ciant (?) , n. [L. officians , p.pr. See Officiate .] (Eccl.) The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.

Shipley.

Officiary <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"ci*a*ry (?) , a. Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. [R.]

Heylin.

Officiate <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"ci*ate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Officiated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Officiating .] [LL. officiare . See Office .] To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

Bp. Stillingfleet.

Officiate <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"ci*ate , v. t. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. [Obs.]

Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth. Milton.

Officiator <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"ci*a`tor (?) , n. One who officiates.

Tylor.

Officinal <Xpage=998>

Of*fic"i*nal (?) , a. [F., fr. L. officina a workshop, contr.fr. opificina , fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.] 1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.]

Johnson.

2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

&hand; This term is often interchanged with official , but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official . See Official , a. , 3.

Officious <Xpage=998>

Of*fi"cious (?) , a. [L. officiosus : cf.F. officieux . See Office .] 1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]

If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as officious and venial one. Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version).

2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic]

Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious . Milton.

They were tolerably well bred, very officious , humane, and hospitable. Burke.

3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.

You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. Shak.

Syn. -- Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent .

-- Of*fi"cious*ly , adv. -- Of*fi"cious*ness , n.

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Offing <Xpage=999>

Off"ing (?) , n. [From Off .] That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing ; we saw a ship in the offing .

<-- hence, coming, arriving in the near future -->

Offish <Xpage=999>

Off"ish , a. Shy or distant in manner. [Colloq. U.S.]

Offlet <Xpage=999>

Off"let , n. [ Off + let .] A pipe to let off water.

Offscouring <Xpage=999>

Off"scour`ing (?) , n. [ Off + scour .] That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.

Lam. iii. 45.

Offscum <Xpage=999>

Off"scum` (?) , n. [ Off + scum .] Removed scum; refuse; dross.

Offset <Xpage=999>

Off"set` (?) , n. [ Off + set. Cf. Set-off .] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something ; as: --

1. (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust . of Houseleek .

2. 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.

3. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

4. (Arch.) 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 .

5. (Surv.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

6. (Mech.) 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.

7. (Print.) 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 staff (Surv.) , a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets. <-- offset printing. see def. 7 -->

Offset <Xpage=999>

Off*set" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Offset ; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting .] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another .

2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Offset <Xpage=999>

Off"set , v. i. (Printing) To make an offset.

Offshoot <Xpage=999>

Off"shoot` (?) , n. [ Off + shoot .] That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree .

Offshore <Xpage=999>

Off"shore" (?) , a. From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Offskip <Xpage=999>

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

Fairholt.

Offspring <Xpage=999>

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.

Offuscate, Offuscation <Xpage=999>

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

Oft <Xpage=999>

Oft (&ocr;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 .] Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic]

Chaucer.

Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope.

Oft <Xpage=999>

Oft , a. Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]

Often <Xpage=999>

Of`ten (?) , adv. [ Compar. Oftener (?) ; superl. Oftenest .] [Formerly also ofte , fr. oft . See Oft ., adv. ] Frequently; many times; not seldom.

Often <Xpage=999>

Of"ten , a. Frequent; common; repeated. [R.] "Thine often infirmities."

1 Tim. v. 23.

And weary thee with often welcomes. Beau. & Fl.

Oftenness <Xpage=999>

Of"ten*ness , n. Frequency.

Hooker.

Oftensith <Xpage=999>

Of"ten*sith (?) , adv. [ Often + sith time.] Frequently; often. [Obs.]

For whom I sighed have so oftensith . Gascoigne.

Oftentide <Xpage=999>

Of"ten*tide" (?) , adv. [ Often + tide time.] Frequently; often. [Obs.]

Robert of Brunne.

Oftentimes <Xpage=999>

Of"ten*times` (?) , adv. [ Often + time. Cf. -wards .] Frequently; often; many times.

Wordsworth.

Ofter <Xpage=999>

Oft"er (?) , adv. Compar. of Oft . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ofttimes <Xpage=999>

Oft"times` (?) , adv. [ Oft + time. Cf. -wards .] Frequently; often.

Milton.

Ogam <Xpage=999>

Og"am (?) , n. Same as Ogham .

Ogdoad <Xpage=999>

Og"do*ad (?) , n. [ Gr . <?/ , <?/ , from <?/ eight.] A thing made up of eight parts.

Milman.

Ogdoastich <Xpage=999>

Og`do*as`tich (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ the eighth + <?/ a verse.] A poem of eight lines. [Obs.]

Selden

Ogee <Xpage=999>

O*gee" (?) , n. [F. ogive , augive , LL. augiva , of uncertain origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase, strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. auj , an astronomical term.]

1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust . under Cyma .

2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.

Ogee arch (Arch.) , a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.

Ogeechee lime <Xpage=999>

O*gee"chee lime` (?) . [So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia.] (Bot.) (a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo ( Nyssa capitata ) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. (b) The tree which bears this fruit.

Ogganition <Xpage=999>

Og`ga*ni"tion (?) , n. [L. oggannire to snarl at; ob (see Ob- ) + gannire to yelp.] Snarling; grumbling. [R.]

Bp. Montagu.

Ogham <Xpage=999>

Og"ham (?) , n. [Ir.] A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written also ogam .]

Ogive <Xpage=999>

O"give (?) , n. [F. ogive , OF. augive a pointed arch, LL. augiva a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Ogle <Xpage=999>

O"gle (&omac;g'l) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ogled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ogling (?) .] [From a Dutch word corresponding to G. \'84ugeln to ogle, fr. auge eye; cf. D. ooglonken to ogle, OD. oogen to cast sheep's eyes upon, ooge eye. See Eye .] To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.

And ogling all their audience, ere they speak. Dryden.

Ogle <Xpage=999>

O"gle , n. An amorous side glance or look.

Byron.

Ogler <Xpage=999>

O"gler (?) , n. One who ogles.

Addison.

Oglio <Xpage=999>

O"gli*o (?) , n. See Olio .

Ogre <Xpage=999>

O"gre (?) , n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro , fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. Maccaulay.

Ogreish <Xpage=999>

O"gre*ish , a. Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre. "An ogreish kind of jocularity."

Dickens.

Ogress <Xpage=999>