noun.
That which falls off, as a chip or chips in dressing wood or stone; that which is suffered to fall off as of little value or use.
noun.
Especially Waste meat; the parts of a butchered animal which are rejected as unfit for use.
noun.
Refuse of any kind; rubbish.
noun.
In the fisheries: Small fish of various kinds taken in seines among larger or more valuable kinds, and thrown away or used for manure, etc.
noun.
Low-priced and inferior fish: distinguished from prime. Fish caught with the trawl average one fourth prime and three fourths offal.
Waste; refuse: as, offal wood.