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Off side
(gcide) | Off \Off\, prep.
Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed;
two miles off the shore. --Addison.
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Off hand. See Offhand.
Off side
(Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in
front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball
has been last touched by one of his own side
behind him.
To be off color,
(a) to be of a wrong color.
(b) to be mildly obscene.
To be off one's food or To be off one's feed, (Colloq.)
to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.
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Off side
(gcide) | Off \Off\, a.
1. 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.
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2. 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. "In the off
season." --Thackeray.
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3. Designating a time when one's performance is below normal;
as, he had an off day.
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Off side.
(a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See
Gee.
(b) (Cricket) See Off, n.
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