Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OF'FAL, n. [D. afval; af and vallen, to fall; G. abfall; Dan. affald; Sw. affall; off and fall.]

1. Waste meat; the parts of an animal butchered which are unfit for use or rejected. Arbuthnot.
2. Carrion; coarse meat. Milton. Shak.
3. Refuse; that which is thrown away as of no value, or fit only for beasts. Dryden. Mortimer.
4. Any thing of no value; rubbish. Shak