offcome

Definitions

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. An apology; excuse.
   Scotland, UK, dialectal
4. An escape or evasion by subterfuge or pretext; a way of avoiding or getting out of a difficult or uncomfortable situation.
   Scotland, UK, dialectal
5. An exhibition of temper.

Examples

“[…] 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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