1 pertaining to Ocypoda or 
Ocyphaps 
Ocyphaps (os'i-fups), . [XL., < <ir. MM'r, swift, 
+ <t>tiij', a wild pigeon.] An Australian genus 
of crested pigeons of the family I'lilnnilniln , 
having fourteen tiiil-feathen), and a long, slen- 
der, pointed erest. <>. Infinites, the only species, 
is lino of the bronzewinir-i. 
Ocypoda (o-sip'o-dft), w. [NL., < Gr. UKI-IH-C 
(-n-o(i-), swift-footed", < ili/ii'f, swift, + >rot>f ( irorf-) 
= E. /<.] The typical genus of Ocypodidce: 
so called from their swiftness of foot. There 
are several species, with small square bodies and long slim 
legs, diving in holes In the sand of the heachrs <>f warm 
temperate and tropical sea-coasts. Such are O. cwnw/rand 
0. ,v/-,// t[>litiirdn\it. They are known as mud-crabs, racer*, 
and horseinan-crabg. 
ocypodan (o-sip'o-dan), a. and . [< Oeypoda 
+ -int.] I." a. Of orperts' 
to the Ocypodidce. 
II. >i. A crab of the genus 
Ocypodidae (os-i-pod'i-de), n. pi. [< Ocypoda + 
-irfrt 1 .] A family of stalk-eyed short-tailed ten- 
footed crustaceans, typified by the genus Ocy- 
l><iiln ; the sand-crabs or racing crabs. It also 
contains the smaller crabs known g&fi(tdtern,ot the genus 
Oelturimug. .Sometimes called horseman-crab*. See cut 
under (Jela*imwi. 
Ocypodoidea (os'i-po-doi'de-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
Oryi>odn + -nidea.j A superfaraily of crabs, 
represented by the Ocypodida; and related fam- 
ilies, the most highly organized of the order. 
Also called Grapsoiiim . 
Ocyrhoe (o-sir'o-e), . [NL., < Gr. 'Oicvp6>i, 
'Qnt'l>/>6r/, a daughter of Oceanus, < uxrf, swift, 
+ -poof, < pelv, flow.] The typical genus of 
Ocyrlitiidte. 0. crystallina is an example; it Inhabits 
tropical American seas. !,,,, 1815. Also Oeyrof. . 
Ocyrhoidae(os-i-ro'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Ocyrliw 
+ -tcte.] A family of lobate comb-jellies or 
beroid cteuophorans, typified by the genus 
Ocyrhoe, of an oblong-oval figure with a pair 
of very large alate processes or wings, one on 
each side of the body, by the flapping of which 
the creature swims. The mouth is at one of the poles 
of the body, without any tentacular appendages ; there is 
an otocyst with a cluster of otoliths at the other pole, 
toward which eight rows of vibratile combs converge. 
The substance of the body Is transparent and of a crystal- 
line appearance. 
od 1 t, An obsolete spelling of odd. 
Od 2 (od), n. [A euphemistic reduction of Gorf.] 
A reduction of the name of God used in minced 
oaths; also used interjectionally as a minced 
oath. Sometimes 'Od. Also Odd. 
'Od's heartllngs ! that 's a pretty jest. 
Skat., M. W. of VV., III. 4. 69. 
Odd! I wish I were well out of their company. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, ill. 3. 
od 3 (od or od), n. [An arbitrary name given by 
Baron von Reiehenbach.] A hypothetical force 
supposed by Reichenbach to have been discov- 
ered by him in connection with vital and mag- 
netic phenomena. It was supposed to be exhibited 
by peculiarly sensitive persons (streaming from their fin- 
KIT tips), and by crystals and other bodies. Various kinds 
of it were discriminated, as biod, chyrnod, tlod, heliod, selc- 
nod, etc. This force has been supposed to explain the phe- 
nomena of mesmerism and animal magnetism ; but it rests 
upon no si- i 1-1 it i tl. foundation. Also called odic force, odyl, 
odyte, and odylic farce. 
Odacidas (o-das'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Odax 
(Odac-) + -/;.] A family of labroid fishes, 
represented by the genus Odax. 
Odacinae (od-a-si'ne), n. pi. [NL.,< Odax(Odac-) 
+ -ince.] A subfamily of labroid fishes; in 
Giinther's system (as Odncina), the sixth group 
of Lnbridiv. The edge of each Jaw is sharp and Incisorial, 
without distinct front teeth ; there is a lower pharyngeal 
bone with a triangular body and paved teeth; the dorsal 
spines are from 15 to 24, and the ventral fins are well devel- 
oped. The species are confined to the Australian and New 
Zealand coasts. 
odacine (od'a-sin), a. and n. [See Odiifinn . \ 
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Oilm-ii/ir. 
II. n. A fish of the subfamily Odacinir. 
odal 1 (6'dal), n. Same as udal. 
Odal- (od'al), ii, [E. Ind., also adul.~\ An East 
Indian climbing shrub, Sarcostiyma Kliinii. 
bearing bright orange-red drupes Odal-oil, an 
oil obtained from the seeds of this plant, burned in lamps 
and used as a remedy for rheumatism. 
odalisk, odalisque (o'da-lisk), . [= P. oda- 
HXI/HC = Sp. Pg. It. odnlixi-ii (with unorig. -s-), 
< 'I urk. oditlik, < oda, a chamber, + -lik, a noun- 
formative.] A female slave in the harems of 
tho East, especially in that of the Sult:m of 
Turkey. 
He had sewn up ever so many odalisque* in sacks and 
tilted them into the Nile. Thackeray. 
odaller (6'dal-er), H. Same as uditllcr. 
Odax (6'dnks), n. [NL.. < Gr. Mdf, adv., by bit- 
ing with the teeth, with unorig. prefix, < Scuatrv, 
ikuifiv, bite.] A genus of labroid fishes, repre- 
senting the subfamily Odariiue, Curler. 
odd (od), n. [< MK. ad, nildr, odd, single, < Icel. 
mlili, a triangle, a point of land, an odn number, 
urif,'. thn-e, with ref. to the triangle (cf. inlila- 
lulii. an odd number, nililn-iiiinllif. :in o<ld man), 
< n/lilr (for *ordr), the point of a weapon, = AS. 
ni'd, a point, beginning: see ord."\ 1. Hingle; 
sole; singular; especially, single as rendering 
a pair or series incomplete; lacking a match; 
being of a pair or series of which tho rest is 
wanting: as, an odd, glove; two or three odd 
volumes of a series. 
Then there are the sellersof odd numbers of periodicals 
and broadsheets. 
Mayhew, London Lalnmr and London Poor, I. 229. 
An odd volume of Bewick. 
T. Hwjhet, Tom Brown at Rugby, il. 8. 
2f. Singular in excellence ; unique ; sole; hence, 
peerless; famous. 
AUe thel hadden be dlsconnflted, for these kynges 
were adde noble knygbtes, and more peple be the toon 
half than on Arthurs syde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ II. 1S9. 
Achilles highit in hast, and on horse wan, 
And anntrid vppon Ector a full "</ dynt. 
Vmtruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 72M. 
As he in soueralne dignltle is odde, 
So will he in loue no parting fellowes haue. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 28. 
3. Singular in looks or character; peculiar; 
eccentric ; at variance with what is usual : as, 
an odd way of doing things; an odd appear- 
ance. 
Men singular in art 
Have always some odd whlmsey more than usual. 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, 111. 3. 
Being such a Clerk In the Law, all the World wonders 
he left such an odd Will. UoweU, Letters, I. vi. 17. 
So odd a Thing Is Man, 
He most would be what least he should or can. 
Conyreve, Of Pleasing. 
It's odd how hats expand their brims as riper years Invade, 
As if when life had reached its noon it wanted them for 
shade ! 0. W. Ilotmtt, Nux Postcoenat ic:i. 
4. Leaving, as a number, a remainder of one 
when divided by two: opposed to even. 
< -. i.l luck lies In odd numbers. 
Shall., M. W. of W., v. 1. 3. 
5. Numbered with an odd number: as, the odd 
files of a company (that is, the files numbered 
1, 3, 5, and so on). 6. Left over after pairs 
have been reckoned; by extension, remaining 
after any division into equal numbers or parfs : 
thus, the division of sixteen or nineteen among 
five leaves an odd one or four odd. 7. Remain- 
ing over after, or differing from, the just or cus- 
tomary number. 
The Greekes and Latines vsed verses In the odde stllable 
of two sortes, which they called Catalecticke and Acata- 
lecticke that ls,odde vnder and odde ouer the iust measure 
of their verse. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. 107. 
8. Additional to a whole mentioned in round 
numbers, or to any other specified whole: fol- 
lowing and after a number or quantity, or with- 
out and when it takes the place of a unit ap- 
pended to a ten. 
A fortnight and odd days. Shak., R. and J., i. 3. 15. 
Eighty-orfd years of sorrow have I seen. 
Shak., Klch. III., Iv. 1. 9fl. 
The King of France and his company killed with their 
guns, in the plain de Versailles, 300 and odd partridges 
at one tout. Pepys, Diary, II. 365. 
Let me see two-thirds of thjs is mine by right, five 
hundred and thirty-odd pounds. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, IT. 1. 
9. Not included with others ; not taken into the 
common account; sporadic; incidental; cas- 
ual : as, a few odd trifles ; to read a book at 
odd times. 
There are yet missing of your company 
Some few odd lads that you remember not. 
Shale., Tempest, v. 1. 255. 
He had a little odd money left, but scarce enough to 
bring him to his journey's end. 
Banyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 186. 
10. Out of the way; remote. 
How ferre odde those persons are from the nature of this 
prince whiche nener thinken theim selfes to be praysed 
enough. ITdall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 185. 
I left [him] cooling of the air with sighs 
In an odd angle of the isle. 
Shak., Tempest, 1. 2. 223. 
lit. At odds; at variance; unable to consort 
or agree. [Rare.] 
The general state, I fear, 
Can scarce entreat yon to be odd with him. 
Shak., T. and C., iv. 5. 265. 
All and odd), all and each. 
First cause jour prechours, all and od, 
Trewlfe sett furth the wourd of God. 
Louder, Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 165. 
Anoddfish. SeeMii. Odd function, Jobs, man, etc. 
SIT the nouns. Odd or even. See even or odd. undt-r 
evenl. The odd trick, in the game of whist, the seventh 
odds 
trick won by either sldeoutof the possible thirteen. =Byn. 
1. I iiniiitctu-.l, iiiiuiiited.- 3. Strange, yueer, etc. (see ec- 
centric), grotesque, <in.Il. comical. 
odd-come-short (od'kum-Mhort), . 1. Same 
as iiil<l-miiir-xli<irtli/. 
Kun fetch me de ax, en 111 wait on you one er deze odd- 
oome-thortt. J. C. HarriM, I'ncle Remus, vil. , note. 
2. Any misfit garment that has come into a 
dealers possession; any one of odds and <-mU 
in tho way of dress. Tin- Odd hmlrr. 
odd-come-shortly (od'kum-shdrt'li), M. Some 
day soon to come; an early day; gome tinn-: 
any time. [Slang.] 
Col. Miss, when will yon be married? 
Mifg. One of these oad-come*hortly. Colonel. 
Xi'-ijt, Polite Conversation, I. 
They say she Is to be married and off to EngUnd ane of 
time odd'Come'thortlicg, wl' some of the gowks about the 
Waal down-by. Scott, St. Ronan't Well, xvil. 
odd-ends (od'endz'), n. pi. Scraps, fragments, 
or remnants; oddments; odds andends. [Rare.] 
I am rather glad to heare the Devill is breaking up house 
in England, and removing some whither else, give him 
leave to sell all his rags, and wide-ends by theout-cry. 
S. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 1.1. 
Odd-Fellow (od'fel'6), n. [A fanciful name as- 
sumed by the original founders of the society.] 
A member of a secret benevolent and social 
society, called in full The Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows. Theorder arose In the eighteenth century, 
and variouslodges were, about 1813, consolidated into the 
Mancheiter Unity, which Is now the principal lxly In Great 
Britain. There are also lodges in the I" nited States (the 
first permanent lodge was founded in 1819), and in Ger- 
many, Switzerland, Australia, South America, etc. The 
object of the order in the United States Is declared to be 
"to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and 
educate the orphan, to improve and elevate the character 
of man." The subordinate lodges are under the jurisdic- 
tion of the grand lodge of the United states; each lodge 
has officers calle\l noble grand, vice grand, etc., and five 
degrees of membership. Persons who hold the fifth de- 
gree are eligible to the "encampment/'which has officers 
called chief patriarch, high priest, wardens, etc., and three 
degrees of membership. There is an affiliated degree of 
Kebekah for women. 
oddity (od'i-ti), H. ; pi. oddities (-tiz). [Irreg. < 
odd + -ity.] 1. The quality of being odd ; sin- 
gularity; strangeness; whimsicality. 
Almost everything that meets the eye has an ancient 
oddity which ekes out the general picturesqueneas. 
H. Janus, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 223. 
2. A peculiarity ; a singularity ; an odd way. 
Certainly the exemplary Mrs. Garth had her droll as- 
pects, but her character sustained her odditiet, as a very 
fine wine sustains a flavour of skin. 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, I. 267. 
3. A singular person or thing; one character- 
ized by oddness. [Colloq.] 
"He must be an oddity, 1 think," said she. "I cannot 
make him out." ././/" Austen, Pride and Prejudice, p. 54. 
The mother who remained in the room when her daugh- 
ter had company was an oddity almost unknown in Equity. 
Hotcrfto, Modem Instance, iv. 
= Syn. See eccentric. 
odd-looking (od'luk'ing), a. Having a singu- 
lar look. 
oddly (od'li), adr. [< ME. oddfly ; < odd +-ly*.~\ 
In an odd manner, (at) Singly ; only. 
Thou art oddely thyn one out of this fylthe, 
& als Abraham thy brother hit at himself asked. 
Alliterative Poemi (ed. Morris), Ii. 923. 
(6) Not evenly ; unevenly as regards number : as, an </</- 
(i/ odd number (see below). [Rare.] (c) Strangely ; unusu- 
ally; irregularly ; singularly; uncouthly; whimsically. 
Oddly odd number, a number which contains an odd 
number an odd number of times : thus, 15 10 a number 
oddly odd, because the odd number 3 measures it by the 
odd number 5. 
odd-mark (od'miirk). w. That part of the ara- 
ble land of a farm which, in the customary cul- 
tivation of the farm, is applied to a particular 
crop. Halliu-ell. [Prov.Kng.] 
oddment (od'ment), n. [< odd + -ment.'] Some- 
thing remaining over ; a thing not reckoned or 
included ; an article belonging to a broken or 
incomplete set; a remnant; a trifle; an odd 
thing or job : usually in the plural. 
I have still so many book oddments of accounts, exam- 
inations, directions, and little household affairs to arrange. 
Mme. D'ArMay, Diary, VI. 54. (Darie.) 
The cobbler approached the Cloverflelds stables to at- 
tend to the horses, and to do the various oddments and 
bitments for which he had been temporarily hired. 
The Ctntwry, XXXI. 895. 
oddness (od'nes), n. The property of being odd. 
(a) The state of being not even, (b) Singularity; strange- 
ness; Irregularity; uncouthness; queerness; whimsical- 
ity : as, nddness of dress or shape ; the oddnew of an event 
or accident. 
odd-pinnate (od'pin'at), a. In but., pinnate 
with a terminal odd leaflet, as in the rose; im- 
paripinnate. 
Odds (oil/,). . />!., also often as sing. [< odd. a.] 
1. Inequality; difference, especially in favor 
