Oculary Oc"u·la·ry adjective Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines. Holland.

Oculate, Oculated Oc"u·late, Oc"u·la`ted adjective [ Latin oculatus , from oculus eye.] 1. Furnished with eyes.

2. Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.

Oculiform Oc`u·li·form adjective [ Latin oculus the eye + form : confer French oculiforme .] In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform pebble.

Oculina Oc`u·li"na noun [ New Latin , from Latin oculus the eye.] (Zoology) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.

Oculinacea Oc`u·li·na"·ce·a noun plural [ New Latin , from New Latin oculina the name of a typical genus.] (Zoology) A suborder of corals including many reef- building species, having round, starlike calicles.

Oculist Oc"u·list noun [ Latin oculus the eye: confer French oculiste .] One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.

Oculo- Oc"u·lo- A combining form from Latin oculus the eye.

Oculomotor Oc`u·lo·mo"tor adjective [ Oculo- + motor .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit. -- noun The oculomotor nerve.

Oculonasal Oc`u·lo·na"sal adjective [ Oculo- + nasal .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal , or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic.

Oculus Oc"u·lus noun ; plural Oculi . [ Latin , an eye.] 1. An eye; (Botany) a leaf bud.

2. (Architecture) A round window, usually a small one.

Ocypodian O`cy·po"di·an noun [ Greek 'wky`s swift + poy`s , podo`s , foot.] (Zoology) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.

Od Od noun [ G., from Greek ... passage.] (Physics) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force . [ Archaic]

That od force of German Reichenbach
Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue.

Mrs. Browning.

Odal O"dal noun [ Confer Icelandic ē...al , Danish odel allodial, Swedish 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 adjective (Law) Noting, or pert. to, odal land or ownership.

Odalisque O`da`lisque" noun [ French, from Turk. odaliq chambermaid, from 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.

Odalman, Odalwoman O"dal·man, O"dal·wom`an noun (Teut. Law) A man or woman having odal, or able to share in it by inheritance.

Odd Odd adjective [ Compar. Odder ; superl. Oddest .] [ Middle English odde , from Icelandic 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 Icelandic oddr point, point of a weapon, Swedish udda odd, udd point, Danish od , AS . ord , Old High German ort , German ort place (cf. English 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 .

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 noun ; plural 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 adverb 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 noun [ 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 plural ), 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 noun 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 Odds (ŏdz) noun sing. & plural [ See Odd , adjective ] 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. [ Obsolete] 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.

Ode Ode noun [ French, from Latin ode , oda , Greek ... a song, especially a lyric song, contr. from ..., from ... to sing; confer Sanskrit vad to speak, sing. Confer Comedy , Melody , Monody .] A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles.

Shak.

O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode ,
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet.

Milton.

Ode factor , one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

Odelet Ode"let noun A little or short ode.

Odelsthing O"dels·thing noun [ Norw. odel odal + ting parliament.] The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing. See Legislature .

Odeon O·de"on noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ...: confer French odéon . See Ode .] A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

Odeum O·de"um noun [ Latin ] See Odeon .

Odible O"di·ble adjective [ Latin odibilis . See Odium .] Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. [ Obsolete] Bale.

Odic Od"ic adjective Of or pertaining to od. See Od . [ Archaic] -- Od"ic*al*ly adverb

Odin O"din noun [ Icelandic ...; probably akin to English wood , adjective See Wednesday .] (Northern Myth.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden , of the German tribes.

There in the Temple, carved in wood,
The image of great Odin stood.

Longfellow.

Odinic O·din"ic adjective Of or pertaining to Odin.

Odinism O"din·ism noun Worship of Odin; broadly, the Teutonic heathenism. -- O"din*ist , noun

Odinism was valor; Christianism was humility, a nobler kind of valor.

Carlyle.

Odious O"di·ous adjective [ Latin odiosus , from odium hatred: confer French 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 . adverb -- O"di*ous*ness , noun

Odist Od"ist noun A writer of an ode or odes.

Odium O"di·um noun [ Latin , from odi I hate. Greek 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.