Meaning

That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission..

Definitions by Sense

1. That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission.
2. The way any thing or business turns out; the way a person comes off from an encounter or enterprise; result; outcome; reception.
3. (UK, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An apology; excuse.
4. (UK, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An escape or evasion by subterfuge or pretext; a way of avoiding or getting out of a difficult or uncomfortable situation.
5. An exhibition of temper.

Example Sentences

[…] to observe as regards exact direction, owing (especially in the instance of pretty bright meteors) to the dense offcome of sparks from the nucleus, or to the phosphorescence it generates as the result of concussion with the air.

Such movement is called reflex action, or reflex movement, in distinction from the case of the statue, where there is no change or movement in the subject, which is passive, all expression being an offcome, not an "outcome;" […]

In July he wrote to his father: "I have not yet got a master, they all make some objection or other" and no wonder, for who wanted such an "offcome"?

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