SET-OFF
VERBS
► SET THE HARE-PIE AGAINST THE GOOSE-GIBLET to let one thing serve as a set-off to another → 1633 obs.
► SET THE HARE’S FOOT AGAINST THE GOOSE-GIBLET to let one thing serve as a set-off to another → 16C obs.
► SET THE HARE’S HEAD AGAINST THE GOOSE-GIBLET to let one thing serve as a set-off to another → 1539 obs.
Lexicophilia 