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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Offing  \Off"ing\,  n.  [From  {Off}.] 
  That  part  of  the  sea  at  a  good  distance  from  the  shore,  or 
  where  there  is  deep  water  and  no  need  of  a  pilot;  also 
  distance  from  the  shore;  as  the  ship  had  ten  miles  offing; 
  we  saw  a  ship  in  the  offing. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  offing 
  n  1:  the  near  or  foreseeable  future;  "there  was  a  wedding  in  the 
  offing" 
  2:  the  part  of  the  sea  that  can  be  seen  from  the  shore;  "there 
  was  a  ship  in  the  offing" 




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