Dictionary entry

Off (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Off, prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. Addison.

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, to be of a wrong color. — To be off one's food, to have no appetite. (Colloq.)