vi to make an offset.
2. offset ·impf & ·p.p. of offset.
3. offset ·noun a spur from a range of hills or mountains.
4. offset ·vt to form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, ·etc.
5. offset ·noun in general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something.
6. offset ·noun a short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, ·etc. ·see ·illust. of houseleek.
7. offset ·vt to set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.