Odalisque
‖O′da′lisque″ (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room.] A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, ...
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Odalman
{ O″dal‐man (?), O″dal‐wom′an (?) }, n.(Teut. Law) A man or woman having odal, or able to share in it by inheritance.
Odd
Odd (ŏd), a. [Compar.Odder (?); superl.Oddest.] [OE. odde, fr. Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), ori...
Odd Fellow
Odd″ Fel′low (?). A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.
Oddity
Odd″i‐ty (ŏd″ĭ‐ty̆), n.; pl.Oddities (–tĭz). 1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.That infinitud...
Oddly
Odd″ly, adv. 1. In an odd manner; unevenly.2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. “A figure a little more oddly turned.” Locke.A great black substance,... very ...
Oddment
Odd″ment (?), n. [Odd + -ment.] An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; esp...
Oddness
Odd″ness, n. 1. The state of being odd, or not even.Take but one from three, and you not only destroy the oddness, but also the essence of that number. Fotherby.2. Singularity; ...
Odds
Odds (ŏdz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superio...
Ode
Ode (ōd), n. [F., fr. L. ode, oda, Gr. ᾠδή a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr. αοιδἤ, fr. αεἴδειν to sing; cf. Skr. vad to speak, sing. Cf. Comedy, Melody, Monody.] A sh...
Odelet
Ode″let (?), n. A little or short ode.
Odelsthing
‖O″dels‐thing (?), n. [Norw. odel odal + ting parliament.] The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing. See Legislature.
Odeon
O‐de″on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. odéon. See Ode.] A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musici...
Odeum
‖O‐de″um (?), n. See Odeon.
Odible
O″di‐ble (?), a. [L. odibilis. See Odium.] Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. Bale.
Odic
Od″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to od. See Od. — Od″ic‐al‐ly (#), adv.
Odin
O″din (?), n. [Icel. �; prob.akin to E. wood, a. See Wednesday.] (Northern Myth.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; — the same as Woden, of the German tribes.There in the ...
Odinic
O‐din″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Odin.
Odinism
O″din‐ism (?), n. Worship of Odin; broadly, the Teutonic heathenism. — O″din‐ist, n.Odinism was valor; Christianism was humility, a nobler kind of valor. Carlyle.
Odious
O″di‐ous (?), a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See Odium.] 1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. “All wickedness will be ...
Odist
Od″ist (?), n. A writer of an ode or odes.
Odium
O″di‐um (?), n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Cf. Annoy, Noisome.] 1. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.2. The quality that provokes hat...
Odize
Od″ize (ōd″īz or ŏd″īz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Odized (–īzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Odizing.] To charge with od. See Od.
Odmyl
Od″myl (ŏd″mĭl), n. [Gr. οδμἥ, οσμἥ, stench + -yl.] (Chem.) A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.
Odograph
O″do‐graph (?), n. [Gr. � way + -graph.] 1. A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.2. A device for recording the length and rapidity of stri...
Odometer
O‐dom″e‐ter (ō̍‐dŏm″ē̍‐tẽr), n. [Gr. οδὅμετρον, οδὅμετροσ, an instrument for measuring distance; οδὅσ way + μέτρον measure: cf. F. odométre, hodométre.] An instrument attached t...
Odometer (2)
O‐dom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. �, �, an instrument for measuring distances; � way + � measure: cf. F. odomètre, hodomètre.] An instrument attached to a vehicle, to measure the distanc...