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Show OF boauty upon Zelmane, that neither fhe could loo ey Sid gff loo wou mo on . Of hand; not ftudied Several ftarts of fancy off hand look well enough memories ; for I loved them living, and reverenc them dead. 4+ Difpleafur be not blamed He remembere to recede from an intended contract o to tak to guns Applie fire and be difcharged; borrowed fro the arrow and bow 15. Well ox il of. Having good or ba 5. Anger literally o means eithe disjunétion abfence or dif tance 6. Attack; a& of the aflailant Courtefy, that feemed incorporated in his heart would not be perfuaded to offer any offence, bu only to ftand upon the beft defenfive guard. Sidney 1 have equal [kill in all the weapons of gffence An expreflion of abhorOrr. interje rence, or command to depart Off, or I fly for ever from thy fight Smith Dubingy OFF. prep me: 5 ey 1. NOt on I continued feeling again the fame paln; an finding it grow violent I burnt it, and felt no mor after the third time; was never ¢ff my legs, no Lemple kept my chamber a day 2. Diftant from Ricbardfon Orre'NCEFUL. adj. [offence and full. Injurious ; giving difpleafure 1t feems your moft offenceful ac ‘Was mutually committed Wt O'rrAL. n. f. [off fall, {ays Skinner, tha which falls from the table: perhap from offa, Latin. ! 1. Wafte meat; that whic at the table perious lion 3+ Refufe is not eate that which is throw to difpleafe away a of no value as it does not fhock and offend our confciences To have right to deal in things facred, was accounted an argument of a noble and illuftrious defecent ;5 God would not accept the offals of other profeffions South it is difficult to make people at all fenfible of th The fool is to his own caft offals kind. . Dryden They commonly fat hogs with offal corns 4+ Any thing of no efteem Moertimer What trafh is Rome ? what rubbifh and wha offal Shakefpeare Law danger of it 2. T aflail ; to attack fo t and witha offend him, that by an unlucky blow the poor Philoxenus fell dead at his feet 3 T Sidney tranfgrefs ; to violate Many fea Ballad More to offend the law 4. To injure Cheaply you fin, and punifh crimes with eafe Not as th' offended, but the offenders pleafe. Dryd offenfa 7o OFFE'ND. v, 2 1. To be criminal ; to tranfgrefs the law Thither with fpeed their halty courfe they ply'd This man that of earthly matter maketh grave images, knoweth himfelf to offend above all others Hifd. xive 13 Thou haft ftol'n that, which after fome few hour offend in one point, he is guilty of all OFFE'NCE. #. /. [ofence, Fr from offends, Latin. 1. Crime a& of wickednefs Where Chrift the Lord for our offences dy'd. Fairfax Were thine without offence 2. A tranfgreflion Shakefp. Henry IV If, by the law of nature, every man hath not Power to punith offences againtt it, I fee not how th magiftrates of any community can punifh an alie of another country Locke 3. Injury T have given my opinion againit the authority o Wo great men, butI hope withou afferice to thei Vou, II Whofoeve wifl mar OFrE'NDER To offend. . /f. [fro I. A criminal ; on ha wh committe per a crime ; a tranfgreflor; a guiit {fon All that watc fo iniquit are cut off, tha Ifa. xxix. 21 make a man an gffender for a word Every atval fin, befides the three former, muf be confidered with a fourth thing, to wit, a certain ftain, or blot, which it imprints and leaves i the offender Perkins So like a fly the poor offender dies But like the wafp, the rich efcapes and flies Denbam How fhall I lofe the fin, yet keep the fenfe And love th' offender, yet deteft th' offence ? Pope The confcience of the offender fhall be fharpe than an avenger's fword Clarifja He that, without a neceflary caufe, abfents him felf from publick prayers, cuts himfelf off from tl church, which hath always been thought fo unhapp a thing, that it is the greateft punithment the governors of the church can lay upon the worft offernder Duty of Man 2. One who has done an injury All vengeance comes too fhort ‘Which can purfue th' offender Shakefpeare OFFE'NDRESS. 7. /. [from offender. woman that offends Virginity murthers itfelf, and fhould be burie in highways out of all fanétified limit, as a defpe rate offendrefs againft nature OrrE'Ns1VE Senfus adj Shake[p [ofenfif; Fr. fro of Latin. 1. Caufin ing anger difpleafing difguft Since no man can do ill with a good confcience the confolation which we herein feem to find i pleafin of ourfelves in error which muft needs turn to our greater grief, i that which we do_to pleafe God moft, be for th manifold defects thereof offenfiwe unto-him. Hooker It fhall fuffice, to touch fuch cuftoms of th Irith as feem offenfive and repugnant to good go vernment 2. Caufing pain ; injurious Spenfer It is an excellent opener for the liver, but offen Sfiveto the fromach Bacon's Natural Hiftory The fun was in Cancer in the hottef time o the year, and the heat was very offenfive to me Broswn's Trawvels Some particular acrimony in the ftomach fometimes makes it offenfive, and which cuftom at laf will overcome Arbuthnot 3. Aflailant not defenfive H He was fain to defend himfelf If a man bemoan his lot ‘That after death his mouldring limbs fhall rot "A fecret fting remains within his mind f many inftances it offends agairfi every part of gram but a meer degeitfu If much you note hi You fhall offerd him, and extend his paffion Feed and regard him not Shakefpearc's Macketh Three forts of men my foul hateth, and I a greatly offended at their life Ecclufs xxv. 2 The emperor himfelf came running to the plac in his armour, feverely reproving them of cowardic who had forfaken the place, and grievoufly offende with them who had kept fuch negligent watch Knolles's Hifbory of the Turks Grofs fins are plainly feen, and eafily avoide But the indifcree by perfons that profefs religion and dangerqus ufe of innocent and lawful things I fhould have fatted all the region kite Shakefpeare's Hamlet With this flave's offal Cram'd, and gorg'd, nigh burf With fuck'd and glutted offals Milton's Par. Loft @. a. [offendo, Latin. 1. To make angry . 2. Carrion ; coarfe flefh Shakefpeare's Othello 70 OfFE'ND He let out the offa/s of his meat to intereft, an kept a regifter of fuch debtors in his pocket-book Arbuthnot A4 EEDT Un You are but now caft in his mood, a punifhment more in policy than in malice; even fo a one would beat his offencelefs dog to affright an im Ferrate, about two miles off this town, though mof of the modern writers have fixed it to Frefcati Shakefpeare OFrE'NCELESS. adj. [from offznce. offending ; innocent Cicero's Tufculum was at a place called Grott Addifon on Italy difpleafure conceived them juft caufe of ¢ffence when they had power t make juft revenge Siducy figuratively privation injur Earneft in every prefent humour, and makin himfelf brave in his liking, he was content to giv fuccefs 20007, whether alone or in compofinon St th 2 Core Vi of the children o people 1 Mac. iv ‘T'he pleafures of the touch arc greater than thof of the other fenfes; as in warming upon cold, o refrigeration upon heat: for as the pains of th touch are greater than the gfences of other fenfes, f likewife are the pleafures Bacon By great and fcandalous offences, by incorrigibl mifdemeanours, we may incur the cenfure of th Pearfon church To defert; to abandon 14. Togoof caufe of difguft Bean, who had been a fnare and an offence unto th defign 11. o come of. 'To efcape by fome accident or fubterfuge 12. 7o get off. To make efcape 13. To goof given Giving no offence in any thing, that the miniftr In common talk, fignifie 10. 70 be Dryden fcandal L' Efrange Fi P OF fhall keep the whole law, an ye Fames ii "The bithops therefore of the church of Englan did noways offend by receiving from the Roma recounted the benefits and favours that h had done him, in provoking a mighty and opulent king by an offenfive war in his quarrel. Bacorn We enquire concerning the advantages and difadvantages betwixt thofe military offenffve engine ufed among the ancients, and thofe of thefe latte ages Wilkins Their avoiding, as much as poflible, the defenfive part, where the main firefs lies, and kecepin themfelves chiefly to the offenfive; perpetually obJje&ting to the Catholick fcheme, inftead of clearin up the difliculties which clog their own. #aterland OFre'NSIVELY. adw. [from offenfve. 1. Mifchievoully; injuriouily In the leaft thing done offenfively againft the goo of men our own whofe benefit we ought to feek for a we plainly fhew that we do not acknow ledge God to be fuch as indeed he is z. So a Hocker to caufe uneafinefs or difplea church into our divine fervice, fuch materials cir {ure cumitances or ceremonie an A lady had her fight difordered, fo that th images in her hangings did appear to her, if th room were not extraordinarily darkened, embel a wer religiou W bite good 2. To caufe anger 1 fhall offend, either to detain or give it Shak 3. To commit tranfgreflion : with againff Ou languag is estremel impesfect and i lithed wit feveral offénfively vivid colours EBoyle 3. By way of attack ; not defenfively OFFE'NSIVENESS. n./i [from offenfive. B 1. Injuriouf |