ods-pitikins 
'Odn-piHMiui .' can it be six miles yet ! 
Shalt., Cyiubellnc, iv. 2. 293. 
odyl, odyle (6'dil or od'il), . [< </ :! + -///. ] 
Same us ni/ :| . 
odylic (c)-(lil'ik), n. [< otlyl + -c.] Of or per- 
taining to the supposed peculiar force called 
ml or i/i/i//. See ml'-''. 
odylisation, . See mii/ii './<. 
odylism (6'di-lizm or od'i-lizm), . [< oilyl + 
-/..MI.] The doctriiie of odic or odylie force. 
See </ ;< . 
odylization (6"di- or od'i-li-za'shon), H. [< 
odyl 4- -ic' 1 + -iiiiim.] The supposed process 
of conveying animal magnetism (odylic force) 
from one person to another. Also spelled ody- 
li.llllillil. 
Odynerus (od-i-no'rus), n. [NL. (Latreillc, 
1804), so called in ref. to the sting; < Or. bSwgpAf, 
painful. < oiJi'w/, pain.] A genus of wasps of 
the family Vesptdai or the restricted family EII- 
menidte ; the burrowing wasps, which dig holes 
for their nests in walls or in the ground, some- 
times to the depth of several inches. The abdomen 
ia sessile or nearly so, the maxillary palpi are six-jointed, 
and the labial palpi are four-jointed and simple. They are 
rather small wasps, usually with yellow bands and spots. 
The genus is a large and wide-spread one, having over 1UO 
North American species, and nearly as many European. 
They provision their cells with a variety of other insects, 
preferably the IRTVHJ of small lepidopters. The genus has 
been divided into several suogenera. O. pane turn is 
known as the utall-wasp. See cut under potter-wasp. 
odynphagia (od-m-fa'ji-ft), . [NL.,< Gr. bSvvi/, 
pain, + -0a)('n, < tjayelv, eat.] In pathol., pain- 
ful swallowing. 
Odyssey (od'i-si), n. [= F. Odyssee = Sp. Odi- 
sea = Pg. Odyssea = It. Odissea, < L. Odyssea, 
< Gr. 'OSvaaeia (so. notr/oic., poem), the Odyssey, 
a poem about Odysseus, fern, of 'Otiiaoetof, of 
Odysseus, < '(Wiwo-eiY, Odysseus, L. Ulysses, ! Mat- 
ey.j An epic poem, attributed to Homer, in 
which are celebrated the adventures of Odys- 
seus (Ulysses) during ten years of wandering, 
spent in repeated endeavors to return to Ithaca, 
his native island, after the close of the Trojan 
war. Some critics, both ancient and modern, who have 
acknowledged the Homeric origin of the Iliad, attribute 
the Odyssey to a different author. The Odyssey is the 
only complete surviving example of a whole class of epics, 
called Nostoi, describing the return voyages of various 
Oreek heroes from Troy. See Iliad. 
odz-bodkinst. inter}. See ods-bodikins. 
odzookst (od zoks'), . See zooks. 
oe 1 . Another spelling of O 1 , as the name of the 
letter, especially in the plural oes. 
oe- (6), n. [Also otfe ; < Gael, ogha, a grandchild. 
Of. O 1 .] A grandchild. [Scotch.] 
oe 3 . 1. A digraph, written also as a ligature, 
as, occurring in Latin words, or words Latinized 
from Greek having ot, as in Latin amcenus, pleas- 
ant, cecus from Greek oi/wf , a house. In words 
thoroughly Anglicized the oe, <e, is preferably 
represented by e. 2.Amodifiedvowel( written 
either oe, ce, or o), a mutation or umlaut of o pro- 
duced by a following i or e, occurring in Ger- 
man or Scandinavian words, as in Ooethe, Gland, 
etc. 3. A similar vowel in French words, as in 
ceillade, coup (Poeil, etc. 
0. E. An abbreviation of Old English. 
(Ecanthus(e-kan'thus),. [NL.(Serville,1831), 
< Gr. o'tKelv, inhabit, + ivflof, flower.] A nota- 
ble genus of the orthopterous family Gryllidce, 
having slender fore tibiee and hind femora ; the 
tree-crickets. They are mostly tropical, and oviposit 
above ground, usually on plants. The snowy tree-cricket, 
OS. niveus, common in the United States, is of some eco- 
nomic interest, for the females often seriously injure the 
raspberry and grape by puncturing the stems to deposit 
their eggs. The males stridulate loudly. See cut under 
tree-cricket. 
OBCist (e'sist), n. [< Gr. oiKiarf/f, a colonizer, a 
founder of a city, < oiKifriv, found as a colony, 
< ii'iKnf, a house.] In tine. (Ir. hist., the leader 
of a body of colonists and founder of the colony. 
Also cekist. 
At Perinthus, Uerakles was revered as cektet or founder. 
B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, p. 232. 
cecium (e'si-um), . ; pi. cecia (-a). [NL., < Gr. 
iMji/w, a house, < oi/tof, a house.] In zoiil., the 
household common to the several individuals 
of an aggregate or colonial organism; a zora- 
cium. See .iiiiici/tiitni and zmi'ciitm. 
cecoid (o'koid), n. [< Gr. okof, a house, + eWof, 
form.] Briicke's name for the colorless stroma 
of red blood-corpuscles. Also written oikoid 
and u'l'oiil. 
(Ecological (e-ko-loj'i-kal), a. [< cecolog-y + 
-if-n/7] Of or pertaining to oecology. 
(Ecology (e-kol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. obsoY, a house, 
family, T -toyia, < Af ; m>, speak : see -/;///. ] 
In Wo/., the science of animal and vegetable 
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economy ; the study of the phenomena of the 
life-history of organisms, in their individual and 
reciprocal relations; the doctrine of the laws 
of animal and vegetable activities, as manifest- 
ed in their modes of life. Thus, parasitism, 
socialism, and nest-building are prominent in 
the scope of oecology. 
(ECOnome, H. See <ro/in/< . 
oeconomict, oeconomicalt, etc. Obsolete forms 
of ' rnninntc, etc. 
oeconomus (e-kon'o-mus), n. ; pi. aeconomi (-mi). 
[< Gr. oii<oi>6/u>t, a manager, administrator, < 
oikoc, a house, family, + vt/trtv, deal out, distrib- 
ute, manage: see econowe.] Same as econome. 
Any clerk may be the ircnnmmu or steward of a church, 
and dispense her revenue. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 242. 
oecumenic, oecumenical, etc. See ecumenic, etc. 
oedema, w. See etlt-mu. 
cedematous, oedematose, a. See edematous. 
CEdemera (e-de-me'rft), . [NL. (Olivier. 1795), 
< Gr. o'iSflv, swell, -t- /"/poc, the thigh.] The 
typical genus of stenelytrous beetles of the 
family (Edenieridoe. (E. cterulea is common in 
Europe, and most of the others inhabit the 
same continent ; a few are found in temperate 
Asia. 
Gjdemeridje(e-de-mer'i-de), n.pl. [NL.,Etfe- 
mera + -idte.] A family of Coleoptera erected 
by Stephens in 1829. typified by the genus (Ede- 
mera, and composed of elongate insects which 
have slender form, with delicate legs and an- 
tennae, and in the main resemble longicorns. 
They are found usually on flowers, but some occasionally 
upon dead wood in which they have bred. In repose they 
assume the longicorn attitude. The larvee are all llgnivo- 
rous, and feed only on decaying wood. 
CEdemia (e-de'mi-a), . [NL., so called because 
the beak appears swollen at the base; < Gr. 
oldrifta, a swelling: see edema.'} A genus of 
Anatidie, subfamfly FuUguUxa;: so called from 
the swelling or gibbosity of the beak ; the sco- 
ters, surf-ducks, or sea-coots. They are black or 
blackish in color, relieved or not with white on the head 
American Black Scoter ((EJtmia americana), male. 
or wings, and with gaily party-colored bills. (E. niyra is 
the black scoter of Europe, to which OS. amtricana corre- 
sponds. (E. (Melanetta)fuca is the white-winged scoter or 
sea-coot. OS. (Peliojietta)pergpicillata, with white patches 
on the head, is the surf-duck. Alfo Oidemia. See cuts at 
scoter and surf-duck. 
(Edicnemidae (e-dik-nem'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
(Edicnemus + -idai.'] The thick-knees or stone- 
plovers as a family of charadriomorphic birds. 
cedicnemine (e-dik-ne'min), a. Of or pertain- 
ing to the (Edicnemidce. 
(Edicnemus (e-dik-ne'mus), n. [NL.,< Gr. oiielv. 
swell, + wf/pq, the leg or knee: see cnemis.] 
OEnanthe 
(Edipodau;-di|.'v-dii),n. [NL. (l.atreille. 18215), 
< Gr. Oi(5/7roi /;, lit. 'swell-foot,' < otifir, swell, + 
i TIT!-) = E.foot.] A genus of true locn^i- 
or short-horned grasshoppers of the family 
.!</ -iilnlir. typical of the subfamily (K<liii<i<lni<i\ 
It Is a large and wide-spread genus, characterized >>y tin- 
large head, prominent eyes, colored hind wings, and spot- 
ted or banded tegmina and hind femora. Between 15 
and 20 species Inhabit the United States, as <K. phamietrp- 
tera, the coral-winged locust of the eastern half of North 
America. 
(Edipodinae ( e-dip-o^li'ne), n.pl. [NL., < (Edi- 
IIDI/H + -ina:'] A subfamily of Acrididti; rep- 
resented by (Ediiitiilti and many other gcmr.-i. 
having the head rounded at the junction of 
the vertex and the front, and the last spine of 
the outer row on the hind tibia? wanting. It 
is a large group, of wide geographical distribu- 
tion. 
(Edogoniaceae (e-do-go-ni-a'se-S), M. pi. [NL., 
< (Edogonium + -a?e<e.] A small order of con- 
fervoid algse, containing the genera f7vV/</'"'' 
and Ilulliiirhtftti. Non-sexual reproduction Is by means 
of zoospores ; sexual reproduction by highly differentiated 
male and female element*. 
CEdogonieae (e'do-go-ni'e-e), n.pl. [NL., < 
(Edoyonium + -<.] Same as (Edofioniacece. 
CEdogonium (e-do-go'ni-um), n. [NL. (Link, 
1820), < Gr. oidfjv, swell, + yovof, seed.] A 
genus of confervoid algae, typical of the order 
(Edogoniacece, with small but rather long un- 
branched celh? filled with homogeneous dark- 
green protoplasm. They are abundant in ponds, slow 
streams, and tanks, and form green masses which fringe 
the stones, sticks, and other objects in the water. 
oeil-de-bceuf (ely 'de-bef ' ), . [F. , ox-eye : anl. 
OF. oeil, < L. oculus, eye ; cle, < L. de, of; bceuf, < 
L. bos (bov-), ox : see beef.'] In arch., a round or 
oval opening as in the frieze or roof of a build- 
ing for admitting light; a bull's-eye, 
oeil-de-perdrix (ely'de-per-dre'), [F., par- 
tridge-eye : <eil, < L. oculus, eye ; de, < L. de, of ; 
perdrix, < ti.perdix, a partridge : see partridge.] 
A small rounded figure in a pattern in many 
kinds of material, as in damask-linen and the 
grounds of some kinds of laces; a dot. 
oeilladet, oeiliadet (F. pron. e-lyad'), n. [Also 
eliad, eyliad, oeiliad, atiad, iliad; F. aeillade, < 
teil, eye, < L. oculus, eye: see ocular.] A glance; 
an ogle. 
She gave strange aeillado, and most speaking looks 
To noble Edmund. Shale., Lear, iv. 5. 25. 
Amorous glaunces, . . . smirking oeyliades. 
Greene, Thieves Falling Out, 
oeillere (e-ly8r'), n. [F., < ceil, eye: see cril- 
lade.~\ The opening in the vizor or beaver of a 
helmet, or that left between the coif and the 
frontal of a tilting-helmet, to enable the wearer 
to see. See cut under armet. 
oeillet (e-lya'), n. See oilet, eyelet. 
oekist (e'kist), n. Same as cecint. 
oekoid (e'koid), n. See cecoid. 
oeleoblast (e'le-o-blast), . A certain bud or 
outgrowth observed in the embryos of some 
compound ascidians. See cuts under cyathn- 
zooid and salpa. 
oelett (e'let), re. S^e oilet, eyelet. 
CEnanthe (e-nan'the), n. [NL., < L. tenanthe, 
< Gr. oivavdtj, a plant with blossoms like the vine, 
prop, the vine, < olvof, wine, + avOof, flower.] 
1. A genus of smooth herbs of the order I'mbel- 
Itferce and the tribe Seselinetf, type of the subtribe 
(Enantheo?, characterized by the compound um- 
bel and absence of a carpophore. There are about 
40 species, natives of the northern hemisphere, South 
The typical genus of (Edicnemidas ; the thick- 
knees or stone-plovers. They are related in some 
respects to the bustards. 05. crepttan* is the best-known 
species, called in Great Britain gtow-mrlftc, and 
or Norfolk plover. Fedoa is a synonym. 
. Branch with Leaves of (Enanthr crocata. a. The umbel. 
a, a flower; , the fruit. 
