A short prostrate shoot,
which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See
Illust. of Houseleek.
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.
A spur from a range of hills or
mountains.
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.
A short distance measured
at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an
irregular boundary, or to some object.
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.
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.
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