Odal
O´dal, n. [Cf. Icel. eal, Dan. odel allodial, Sw. odal.] (Law) Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, esp. Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also the ownership of such land. The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe. Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.

Odal
O´dal, a. (Law) Noting, or pert. to, odal land or ownership. { O´dal•man, O´dal•wom•an }, n. (Teut. Law) A man or woman having odal, or able to share in it by inheritance.

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, and odalik.]
"Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode." Tennyson.

Odd, 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), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS. ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).]
1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as an odd shoe; an odd glove.
2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
"I hope good luck lies in odd numbers." Shak.
3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
"Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge." T. Burnet.
"There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not." Shak.
4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. "An odd action." Shak. "An odd expression." Thackeray.
"The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius." Ascham.
"Patients have sometimes coveted odd things." Arbuthnot.
"Locke’s Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings." Spectator.
Syn. — Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See Quaint.

Oddity
Odd´i•ty, n. ; pl. Oddities .
1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as oddity of dress, manners, and the like.
"That infinitude of oddities in him." Sterne.
2. That which is odd; as a collection of oddities.

Oddly
Odd´ly, adv.
1. In an odd manner; unevently. [R.]
2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. "A figure a little more oddly turned." Locke.
"A great black substance, … very oddly shaped." Swift.
3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.

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. (in pl. ), the odds and ends. Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc.
"A miscellaneous collection of riddles, charms, gnomic verses, and "oddments" of different kinds." Saintsbury.

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; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event. Young.

Odds (odz), 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; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. "Preëminent by so much odds." Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray." Trench.
"The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods." Shak.
"There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them." Swift.
"All the odds between them has been the different scope … given to their understandings to range in." Locke.
"Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the odds lie." Locke.
2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; — chiefly in the phrase at odds.
"Set them into confounding odds." Shak.
"I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds." Shak. At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds did fall." Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds." Shak. — It is odds, it is probable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. — Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments; refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is filled … with all kinds of odds and ends." W. Irving.

Odelsthing
O´dels•thing, n. [Norw. odel odal + ting parliament.] The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing. See Legislature.

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 most odious." Sprat.
"He rendered himself odious to the Parliament." Clarendon.
2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as an odious sight; an odious smell. Milton.
"The odious side of that polity." Macaulay.
Syn. — Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. — O´di•ous•ly. adv. — O´di•ous•ness, n.

Odium
O´di•um, n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Gr. Annoy, Noisome.]
1. Hatred; dislike; as his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
"She threw the odium of the fact on me." Dryden. Odium theologicum [L.], the enmity peculiar to contending theologians.
Syn. — Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy. — Odium, Hatred. We exercise hatred; we endure odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man, but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent.
"I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To oppose his hatred fully." Shak.
"You have … dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise." Beaconsfield.

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 stride and the number of steps taken by a walker.

Odometer
O•dom´e•ter (o•dom"e•ter), n. [Gr. ’odo•metron, ’odo•metros, an instrument for measuring distance; ’odo•s way + me•tron measure: cf. F. odometre, hodometre.] An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.

Odometer
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 distance traversed; also a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed. — Od•o•met´ric•al (#), a.

Odometrical
O•do•met´ric•al, a. [Cf. F. odometrique, hodometrique.] Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it.

Odometrous
O•dom´e•trous, a. Serving to measure distance on a road. [R.] Sydney Smith.

Odometry
O•dom´e•try, n. Measurement of distances by the odometer.

Odonata
O•don´a•ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.

Odontalgia
O•don•tal´gi•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth + pain.] (Med.) Toothache.

Odontalgic
O•don•tal´gic, a. [Cf. F. odontalgique.] Of or pertaining to odontalgia. — n. A remedy for the toothache.

Odontalgy
O•don•tal´gy, n. (Med.) Same as Odontalgia.

Odonto-
O•don´to- A combining form from Gr. ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth.

Odontoblast
O•don´to•blast, n. [ Odonto- + -blast.]
1. (Anat.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.

Odontocete
O•don•to•ce´te, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth + a whale.] (Zoöl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.

Odontogeny
O•don•tog´e•ny, n. [ Odonto- + root of Gr. to be born: cf: F. odontogenie.] (Physiol.) Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth.

Odontograph
O•don´to•graph, n. [ Odonto- + -graph.] An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.

Odontographic
O•don•to•graph´ic, a. Of or pertaining to odontography.

Odontography
O•don•tog´ra•phy, n. A description of the teeth.

Odontoid
O•don´toid, a. [Gr. ; ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth + form: cf.F. odontoïde.] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. Odontoid bone (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process. - - Odontoid process, or Odontoid peg (Anat.), the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis.

Odontology
O•don•tol´o•gy, n. [ Odonto- + -logy: cf.F. odontologie.] The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.

Odontophora
O•don•toph´o•ra, n. pl. [NL. See Odontophore.] (Zoöl.) Same as Cephalophora.

Odontoplast
O•don´to•plast, n. [ Odonto- + Gr. to form, mold.] (Anat.) An odontoblast.

Odontopteryx
O•don•top´te•ryx, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth + pte•ryx a wing.] (Paleon.) An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.

Odontornithes
O•don•tor•ni•´thes, n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth +,, a bird.] (Paleon.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae.

Odontostomatous
O•don´to•stom´a•tous, a. [ Odonto- + Gr.,, the mouth.] (Zoöl.) Having toothlike mandibles; — applied to certain insects.

Odontotormae
O•don•to•tor´mae, n. pl. [NL., fr. ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth + a socket.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

Odorate
O´dor•ate, a. [L. odoratus, p. p. of odorare to perfume, fr. odor odor.] Odorous. [Obos.] Bacon.

Odorating
O´dor•a•ting, a. Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.

Odoriferous
O•dor•if´er•ous, a. [L. odorifer; odor odor + ferre to bear. See Odoe, and 1st Bear.] Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton. — O•dor•if´er•ous•ly, adv. — O•dor•if´er•ous•ness, n.

Odorless
O´dor•less, a. Free from odor.

Odorous
O´dor•ous, a. [Written also odourous.] [L. odorus, fr. odor odor: cf. OF. odoros, odoreux.] Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling. "Odorous bloom." Keble.
"Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell." Spenser. — O´dor•ous•ly, adv. — O´dor•ous•ness, n.

Ods, interj. A corruption of God’s; — formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases. "Ods bodikin." "Ods pity." Shak. { Od´yl, Od´yle }, n. [Gr., passage + matter or material.] (Physics) See Od. [Archaic].

Odyssey
Od´ys•sey, n. [L. Odyssea, Gr., fr. Ulysses: cf.F. Odyssee.] An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.