Off"spring` (?), n.sing. & pl.
[Off + spring.]
1. The act of production; generation.
[Obs.]
2. That which is produced; a child or
children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the
stock.
To the gods alone
Our future offspring and our wives are known.
Dryden.
3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.]
Fairfax.