OovDY 
of the virtues of Eee by their fhape or ftruGure. O 
this ground the Orchis roots have been thought achecdiGes 
and ‘sn with oblong tuberous roots, good for the piles! 
w not that any particle of truth has been ftumbled 
upon ae ce Son te mode of inveftigation; for where 
pen to be any ek coincidence, the saul 
readin 
ee veogLtrnow, from odss, and yavdw, fo 
bes in Surgery, an inftrument for fares the tartar off 
the teeth. 
ODONTOIDES, in Anatomy, fro M 008%, odovrosy atooth, 
and «dos, oe a name given to a procefs of the fecond 
vertebra of the neck. See Spine. 
ODONTOPHYIA, from. odss and Qua, to grow, in 
Surgery, the procefs by which the teeth are firft formed: 
dentition. 
ODONTOTRIMMA, from ods, and teiGw, to wear 
away, adentrifice, or application for oe the teeth. 
Oo » or OpouR ee SMELL, an 
ODORAMENTUM, i macy, a aan Spied. at 
for the benefit ef its frvell, whether it be fetid, or agree- 
able. 
Such are frequently ufed in hyfteric and ypcchanlies. 2 
diforders ; Fe are affafeetida, camphor, &c. 
ODORIFERZ, in — certain = belonging 
to the tg organ of generation. See ERATION. 
ODO S, or OporIFERO us Things, 3 are = as ex- 
hale a brifk, agreeable {mell, fenfible at a diftanc 
Such are the jeflamin, me: tuberofe, &c. 
ODOVARA, in Geography, a fea-port town of Japan, u 
ia the ifland of Niphon; 120 miles xe) ac 
ODRAU, atown of Silefia, in the principality of Oppay, v 
near the Oder; 32 miles W. . of Tefch 
ODY » ODYSSEA, formed Way Odvaa Pe 
one aly 
or as parts of the whole; and fe of the Odyftey, to in- 
ftru& thofe fame ftates, confidered in their private ca- 
acities 
A ftate confifts of two parts: the head, which commands, 
is the firft ; and the members, that obey, the fecond. ow, 
inftruCtions are required both for the one and the other ; but 
it is poffible to have them both conveyed under the fame 
The fable, run of the Odyffey is as follows. A prince 
had been obliged to quit his country, and lead an army of 
his fubje&ts upon a foreign expedition. After having glo. 
years by tempefts, whic 
— apa t from one porte as to manners, cuftoms, 
polity. 
In te eigen he had to ftruggle with, his companions, 
OF B 
fome others of his ea who had perlifed in their alle 
e becomes an eye-witnefs of the infolence of E; 
sation ; punifhes them as they deferved ; and reftores that 
peace and i mag to his ifland, which had been banifhed 
during his a 
e truth or aoe on which this fable is founded is, that 
a perfon’s abfence from home, fo that he cannot have an eye 
to his affairs, occafions great diforders. Accordin gly, 
The 
expe meted i in an epic F poem ela 
is landed in Ithaca, ar 
yet the poet does ot ae happy in the peepee? or the 
ty eel of Ulyffes to Penelope; fhe is too cautious and 
diftruftful, and we are difappointed of ae farsi of joy, 
wre we expected on that high occafion: Blair’s Led. 
Gerard Croes, a Dutchman, in a book — ai 
Pp 
OF, i in m Gegroply, a {mall ifland of Denmark, N. of La- 
land. N. lat. 54° 58’. E. long. 11° 31’. 
EBSFELD, a town of Weftphalia, in the duchy of 
Magdeburg, onthe Aller ; 30 miles N.W. of Magdeburg. 
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