O`cy*po"di*an, n. [Gr. 'wky`s swift + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zoöl.) One
of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore,
and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
Od (?), n. [G., fr. Gr. &?; 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.
||O`da`lisque" (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. 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.
Odd (?), a. [Compar. Odder (?); superl. Oddest.] [OE. odde, fr.Icel.
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 Icel.
oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS.
ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. 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.