\Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,
AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.]
In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile
   off.
2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;
   as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,
   to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to
   fly off, and the like.
3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,
   interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the
   pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;
   as, to look off.
5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
         The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either
         off or on.                            --Bp.
                                               Sanderson.
{From off}, off from; off. ``A live coal . . . taken with the
   tongs from off the altar.'' --Is. vi. 6.
{Off and on}.
   (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;
       occasionally.
   (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away
       from, the land.
{To be off}.
   (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a
       moment's warning.
   (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the
       bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]
{To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.
   See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.
{To get off}.
   (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.
   (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a
       trial. [Colloq.]
{To take off}, to mimic or personate.
{To tell off} (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or
   company in the several formations, preparatory to marching
   to the general parade for field exercises. --Farrow.
{To be well off}, to be in good condition.
{To be ill off}, {To be badly off}, to be in poor condition.

\Off\, interj.
Away; begone; -- a command to depart.

\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.)

\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.
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.
{Off side}.
   (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See
       {Gee}.
   (b) (Cricket) See {Off}, n.

\Off\, n. (Cricket)
The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket
keeper.