Hypertext Webster Gateway: "offing"
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) 1.7 (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 and is
beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the
offing"
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