odds 
of one and against another ; excess in favor of 
one as compared with another. 
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Compare perrye to Nectar wyne, 
Juniper bush to lofty pine ; 
There shall no less an oddes be seene 
In myne from everye other Queene ! 
Puttenham, Partheniades, xv. 
Many are the examples of the great odds between num- 
ber and courage. Bacon, Kingdoms and Estates (ed. 1887). 
Was it noble 
To be o'er-laid with odds and violence? 
Manly or brave in these thus to oppress you? 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, iv. 2. 
Enjoying thee 
Pre-eminent by so much odds. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 447. 
Gives earth spectacle 
Of a brave fighter who succumbs to odds 
That turn defeat to victory. 
Browning, Ring and Book, xi. 1799. 
Often, too, I wonder at the odds of fortune. 
R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, xx. 
Hence 2. Advantage; superiority. 
No (silly LadX no, wert thou of the Gods, 
I would not fight at so vn-knightly od. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Trophies. 
'Tis not 
The ground, weapon, or seconds that can make 
Odd* in these fatal trials, but the cause. 
Beau, and Fl, Honest Man's Fortune, iv. 2. 
Poor shift! yet make the best on 't, still the odds 
Is ours. J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 24. 
3. In betting, the amount or proportion by 
which the bet of one party to a wager exceeds 
that of the other: as, to lay or give odds. 
I will lay odds that, ere this year expire, 
SVe bear our civil swords and native fire 
The 
crowned with three 
llnd tVifi or four thick styles. There are about 15 species, of 
hymns, normally nine m number, calle tne Afrjca and Jndia _ i neir few branches are bare to the tips, 
canon of odes (see canon 1 , lo), sung to a m wnere tney pro duce a few pinnate leaves and spreading 
cal tone, generally at lauds (orthros). Each ode or drooping racemes of small flowers. See goompain. 
consists of a variable number of tropariaor stanzas. The QdiniC (6-din'ik), a. [< Odin + -C.] Of or 
second ode of a canon is always omitted except in Lent, vj---^ to Odin. 
of the day, called synaxana, are JggggJ (6'din-izm), n. [< Odin + -ism."] The 
Same as oad for woad. B. Jonson. worship of Odin and other deities of Northern 
ode-factor (od'f ak"tor), n. A maker of odes, or mythology ; the mythology^ and religiousbehef 
a trafficker in them: so called in contempt. 
Imp. Diet. 
odelett (od'let), n. [= P. odelette; as ode 1 - 
-let."] A little ode; a short ode. 
Philo to the Lady Calia sendeth this Odelet of her prayse 
in forme of a Filler, which ye must read downeward. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 80. 
of" the ancient Scandinavian and Germanic 
races before the introduction of Christianity. 
We find the metropolis of mediaeval Satan worship to 
have been the last stronghold of Odinism. 
Keary, Prim. Belief, \. 
odious (6'di-us), a. [< ME. odious, < OP. "odios, 
adieus, P. odieux = Sp. Pg. It. odioso, < L. odio- 
/uciowuiis v - 6 / - L 7 - . * hateful, odious, < odium, hatred: see odi- 
gen of odei, allodial land (see odal, udal, allo- urn."] 1. Hateful or deserving of hatred; of- 
dium), + thing, a meeting of lawmakers: see fensive ; disgusting ; causing or exciting hatred, 
Folkething."] The larger house of the Storthing dislike, disgust, or repugnance ; repulsive ; dis- 
or parliament of Norway, it consists of those mem- agreeable; unpleasant^ as, an odious person- 
bers of the Storthing who have not been elected to the 
Odelsthing (6'delz-ting), . [Norw., < odels, 
Lagthing or upper house by the Storthing itself, or about 
three fourths of the whole number. All new measures 
must originate in the Odelsthing. See Lagthing and Star- 
thing. 
odeman (od'man), n.; pi. odemen (-men). [< 
ode 1 + man.} A composer of odes. [Bare.] 
Edward and Harry were much braver men 
Than this new-christened hero of thy pen. 
Yes, laurelled Odeman, braver far by half. 
Wolcot (P. Pindar), Progress of Curiosity. 
odeon (6-de'on), n. See odeum. 
oder, a. ' An obsolete or dialectal form of other 1 . 
odeum (6-de'um), n. [Also odeon; 'L. odeum, 
< Gr. $eloi>, a music-hall, < v$fy, a song, ode: 
of buildings akin to theaters, designed primari- 
Weh 
As far as France. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 5. 111. 
Hence 4. Probability or degree of probability 
in favor of that on which odds are laid. 
The stare, I see, will kiss the valleys first; ; o ^ 
The odds for high and low ^^^ T v 1 m ly for the public performance of musical con- 
They [stanzas out of Tasso] are set to' a prei'ty 'solemn tests of various kinds. The earliest odeum of which 
tune ; and when one begins in any part of the poet, it is 
odds but he will be answered by somebody else that over- 
hears him. Addison, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 395. 
5. In certain games, equalizing allowance giv- 
en to a weaker side or player by a stronger, as 
a piece at chess or points at tennis ; an allow- 
ance as handicap. 
Lady Betty. Nay, my Lord, there's no standing against 
two of you. 
L Foppington. No, faith, that 's odds at tennis, my Lord ; 
not but if your Ladyship pleases, I'll endeavour to keep 
. 
anything is known (no trace having as yet been found of 
the still older one near the Pythium and the fountain 
Callirrhoe) is that of Pericles on the southeastern slope 
of the Acropolis of Athens, described as of circular plan, 
with numerous seats, and a lofty, conical, tent-like roof sup- 
ported by many columns. Later examples, as the great 
Odeum of Herodes Atticus at Athens, and the Odeum at odlOUSly (o'dl-US-h), adv. 
an odious sight or smell. 
If new terms were not odious, we might very properly 
call him [the circumflex] the (windabout) ; for so is the 
Greek word. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 65. 
You told a lie ; an odious, damned lie. 
Shak., Othello, v. 2. 180. 
Comparisons are odious. Congrew, Old Bachelor, ii. 2. 
I hate those odious muffs ! Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. 
When my senses were a little collected, I asked for 
some arrack, the odious, poisonous stuff to be had at Ku- 
chan ; but it was the only stimulant available. 
O'Donomn, Merv, xi. 
2. Hated; regarded with aversion or repug- 
nance; obnoxious. 
They [the innkeepers) are so odious . . . that the bet- 
ter sort of people will not speake to them ; and may not 
enter the Temple, Burse, or Bath. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 617. 
Our Lord of Canterbury is grown here so odious that 
they call him commonly to the Pulpit the Priest of Baal, 
and the Son of Belial. Bowell, Letters, I. vi. 38. 
Had Civilis been successful, he would have been deified ; 
but his misfortunes at last made him odious, in spite of 
his heroism. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 15. 
In an odious man- 
your back hand a little ; tho' upon my soul you may safely 
set me up at the line. Gibber, Careless Husband, iv. 
Patras, resembled very closely in plan and in details the fully 
developed Roman theater. See cut under cavea. 
Seeing at one corner some seats made in the theatrical 
manner like steps, which seemed to be part of a small cir- 
cle, I imagined it might be an odeum, or some other place 
for a small auditory. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. ii. 48. 
Hence 2. At the present day, a name some- 
Odd^ Y U tha * "" " * g ' Te me times ^ ve , n to a theater, or to a bailor other 

ner; hatefully; in a manner to deserve or ex- 
cite hatred or dislike ; so as to cause hate : as, 
to behave odiously. 
It is sufficient for their purpose that the word sounds 
odiously, and is believed easily. South, Sermons, VI. iii. 
Arbitrary power ... no sober man can fear, either from 
the king's disposition or his practice ; or even, where you 
would odiously lay it, from his ministers. 
Dryden. Ep. to the Whigs. 
Gas. Nay, you should rather give me Odds; butthere's structure devoted to musical or dramatic repre- O di ousnes8 (6'di-us-nes), n. The stateorqual- 
10 great Honour in getting a Victory when Odds is taken, sentations. >! odious: hatefulness : the aualitv 
no great ._. , . 
N. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 82. O c[.f orce (od'fors), n. Odic force. See od?. 
6f. Quarrel; dispute; debate. That od-/orce of German Reichenbach 
I cannot speak Which still from female finger-tips burns blue. 
Any beginning to this peevish odds. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 8. 185. 
At odds, at variance ; in controversy or quarrel ; unable 
to agree. 
He flashes into one gross crime or other, 
That sets us all at odds. Shak., Lear, i. 3. 5. 
Long odds, large odds. 
To get you long odds from the bookmen when you want 
to back anything. .Miss Braddon, Rupert Godwin, I. 281. 
Odds and ends, small miscellaneous articles, 
odds-bodikinst, odd's lifet, etc. See ods-bodi- 
kins, etc. 
oddy-doddy (od'i-dod"i), n. [Of. hodmandod.'] 
A river-snail. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Ode 1 (od), n. [< F. ode = Sp. Pg. It. oda = D. G. odic 1 (6'dik), a. 
Dan. Sw. ode, < LL. ode, oda (not in L., Horace's 
Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, vii. 
Theod-/orceorthe "spiritual power" to which the lovepB 
of the marvellous are so fond of attributing the mysterious 
movements of turning and tilting tables. 
W. B. Carpenter, in Youman's Correlation and Conserva- 
[tion of Forces, p. 402. 
odial (6'di-al), n. [E. Ind.] A dried root of 
the young Palmyra palm, eaten boiled or re- 
duced to a farina. 
odiblet (o'di-bl), a. [= It. odibile, < L. odibilis, 
that deserves to be hated, < odi, hate: see 
odium.] Hateful ; that may excite hatred. 
What thynge mought be more odible than that moste 
deuelysshe impacience? Sir T.Elyot,The Governour.iii. 12. 
[< LL. adieus, < Gr. ^WucoV, of 
ity of being odious; hatefulness; the quality 
that deserves or may excite hatred, disgust, or 
repugnance ; the state of being hated or loath- 
ed: as, the odiousness of sin. 
This Roman garrison, . . . rather weighing the great- 
ness of the booty than the odiousness of the villany by 
which it was gotten, resolved finally to make the like 
purchase by taking the like wicked course. 
Raleigh, Hist. World, V. i. 3. 
The long affection which the People have borne to it 
[the Reformation], what for it selfe, what for the odiowmes 
of Prelates, is evident. lHaton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
odism (6'dizm or od'izm), n. [< od 3 + -ism.'] 
The doctrine of or belief in od; odylism. 
odist (6'dist), n. [< ode 1 + -is*.] The writer 
of an ode or of odes. 
The graduating Seniors . . . solemnly elect a chaplain, 
an orator, a poet, an odist, three marshals, and an ivy orator. 
T. Hughes, Recollections of Amer. Colleges, Harvard. 
expressive ot exalted or enthusiastic emotion. per t a ining to the hypothetical force or influ- 
especially one of complex or irregular metrical g nce called od. See od 3 . 
form ; originally and strictly, such a composi- 
tion intended to be sung. 
See how from far, upon the eastern road, 
The star-led wisards haste with odours sweet ; 
O, run, prevent them with thy humble ode, 
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ! 
MUtm, Nativity, 1. 24. 
The Odes of Pindar which remain to us are Songs of Tri- 
umph, Victory, or Success in the Grecian Games. 
Congreve, On the Pindaric Ode. 
2. The music to which such a poem is set. 
3. In anc.pros., the fourth part of the parab- 
asis of a comedy. See varabasis. Also ealled 
The establishment of the existence of the odic force is 
that which was wanting to reply to most of the questions 
respecting life. 
Ashburner, Pref. to Reichenbach's Dynamics (1851), p. xi. 
odically (o'di- or od'i-kal-i), adv. In an odic 
manner; by means of o3. 
Odin (o'din), n. [< Dan. Odin = Sw. Norw. 
Oden = Icel. Odhinn = OHG. Wdtan, Wuotan 
AS. Woden: see Woden, Wednesday.'] In 
Norse myth., the chief god of the Asas, cor- 
responding to the Anglo-Saxon Woden. He is 
the source of wisdom, and the patron of culture and of 
heroes. He is attended by two ravens and two wolves, is 
dislike. 
I chiefly made it my own Care to initiate her very In- 
fancy in the Rudiments of Virtue, and to impress upon 
her tender Years a young Odium and Aversion to the very 
Sight of Men. Congreve, Way of the World, v. 5. 
2. Censure or blame; reproach; enmity in- 
curred. 
Were not men very inquisitive into all the particulars? 
and those of the Church of Rome, especially the Jesuits, 
concerned in point of honour to wipe off the stain from 
themselves, and to cast the odium of it [conspiracy] on a 
great Minister of State? Stillingjleet, Sermons, II. ii. 
Odium theologlcum, theological hatred ; the proverbial 
hatred of contending divines toward one another or toward 
one another's doctrines. = Syn. 1. Odium is stronger than 
dinlike, weaker than hatred, more active than disfavor, dis- 
tlin ffrnnl* Z T+Wi JT7a / \ n * heroes. He is attended by two ravens and two wolves, is didike, weaker than hatred, more active tnan auyavor, aus- 
) trr. Ul.. (a) Une pt surnamed the Allfather. and sits on the throne HUdskjalf. grace, or disfto?>r, more silent than opprobrium, more gen- 
nine canticles from Scripture, sung whole or in He is devoured by the Fenris-wolf in Bagnarok. eral than enmity. 
