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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ōdĕ'let, n.p. 907A little or short ode.
  2. O-dē'ŏn, n.p. 907A kind of theater in ancient Greece, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; — sometimes applied, in modern usage, as the name of a…
  3. Ō-dē'um, n.p. 907The same as ODEON.
  4. ŏ'di-ble, a.p. 907Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. [Obs.] Bale.
  5. Ōd'ic or Ōd'ie, a.p. 907Of, or pertaining to, the peculiar force called od. See OD.
  6. Ōd'ic-al-ly or Ōd'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 907In the manner of, or by means of, the force called od.
  7. Ō'din, n.p. 907(Northern Myth.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; the god who gives victory; — the same as WODEN, WODAN, or WUOTAN, of the German tribes.
  8. O-din'ic, a.p. 907Of, or pertaining to, Odin.
  9. ŏ'di-ous, a.p. 907Hateful; deserving hatred; as, an odious name; odious vice. All wickedness is odious. Sprat. 2. Offensive; disagreeable; disgusting; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. 3. Causing hate; invidious…
  10. O'di-oüs-ly, adv.p. 907In an odious manner; in a way to deserve or excite hatred; hatefully.
  11. ō'di-oŭs-ness, n.p. 907The quality of being odious; hatefulness; as, the odiousness of sin. Wake. 2. The state of being hated. [Rare.] Sidney.
  12. ŏ'di-ŭm, n.p. 907Hatred; dislike. 2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. She threw the odium of the fact on me. Dryden. Odium theologicum, the enmity peculiar to contending theologians. Syn. — Hatred…
  13. Ŏd'ize, v. t.p. 907To charge or affect with od, or odyle. See OD.
  14. O-dŏm'e-ter, n.p. 907An instrument attached to the wheel of a carriage, to measure distance in traveling, indicating on a dial the number of revolutions made by the wheel.
  15. Ō'do-mē'trie-al, a.p. 907Pertaining to an odometer, or to measurements made with it.
  16. O-dŏm'e-trōus, a.p. 907Serving to measure distance on a road. “Guarding his limbs from any sudden collision with odometrous stones.” Seba Smith.
  17. Ō'don-tāl'gi-ā, n.p. 907(Med.) Pain in the teeth; toothache.
  18. Ō'don-tăl'gie or Ōd'on-tăl'gie, a.p. 907Pertaining to the toothache.
  19. Ō′/don-tāl′/gie or Ōd′/on-tāl′/gie, n.p. 907(Med.) A remedy for the toothache.
  20. Ō/don-tā'l'gy or Ōd/on-tā'l'gy, n.p. 907(Med.) Pain in the teeth; odontalgia.
  21. O-dŏn’to, n.p. 907A powder prepared from certain herbs, used for cleansing the teeth; tooth-powder. [Rare.]
  22. Ō'don-tōg'e-ny or Ōd'on-tōg'e-ny, n.p. 907(Med.) The generation or mode of development of the teeth. Dunglison.
  23. O-dōn’to-grāph, n.p. 907(Engin.) An instrument to aid in designing the teeth of wheels. Willis.
  24. Ō/don-tŏg'ra-phy or Ōd/on-tŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 907A description of teeth.
  25. O-dŏn′to-līte, n.p. 907(Paleon.) A petrified tooth.
  26. O-dĕn′toid, a.p. 907Tooth-like.
  27. ŏ'don-tōl'o-gy or ŏd'on-tōl'o-gy, n.p. 907(Anat.) That branch of anatomy which treats of the structure and development of the teeth.
  28. Ō'dor, n.p. 907Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent. Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty odors from them threw around. Spencer. 2. Whatever affords an odor. [Rare.] To be in bad odor…
  29. Ō'dor-a-ment, n.p. 907A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] Burton.
  30. Ō'dor-ant, a.p. 907Bearing odors. Of parsley, dill, and fennel, [the taste] is sharp, yet odorant withal. Holland.
  31. Ō'dor-ate, a.p. 907Having a strong scent, fetid or fragrant; odorous; scented. [Rare.] Bacon.
  32. Ō'dor-ā'ting, a.p. 907Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.
  33. Ō'dor-if'er-ous, a.p. 907Giving scent; diffusing fragrance; fragrant; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; as, odoriferous spices; odoriferous flowers. 2. Bearing scent; as, odoriferous gales.
  34. Ō'dor-ĭf'er-ōŭs-ly, adv.p. 907In an odoriferous manner.
  35. Ō'dor-ĭf'er-ōus-ness, n.p. 907The quality of being odoriferous, or of diffusing odor.
  36. O'dor-ine, n.p. 907(Chem.) A product of the redistillation of the volatile oil obtained by distilling bone. It has a very concentrated and diffusible empyreumatic odor.
  37. Ō'dor-less, a.p. 907Free from odor.
  38. Ō'dor-ōŭs, a.p. 907Having or emitting an odor; especially, having a sweet odor; fragrant. [Written also odourous.] Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell. Spenser.
  39. Ō'dor-ōus-ly, adv.p. 907In an odorous manner; fragrantly.
  40. Ō'dor-ōus-ness, n.p. 907The quality of being odorous, or of exciting the sensation of smell.
  41. Ŏd’s-pit’i-kins, interj.p. 907An exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, and the like. [Obs.] Od’s-pitikins! can it be six miles yet? Shak.
  42. Ō'd'ylē, n.p. 907A supposed natural power or influence alleged to produce the phenomena of mesmerism;—called also odylic force. See Od.
  43. Ō-dyl'ic, a.p. 907Of, or pertaining to, odyle.
  44. Ŏd'ys-sey, n.p. 907An epic poem attributed to Homer, the subject being the return of Ulysses from Troy to Ithaca. Œ, the English representative of the Greek diphthong οι, has the sound of e, and in many works in the…
  45. Œ·eo-nōm'ie-al, a.p. 907See ECONOMICAL.
  46. Œ/e-o-nŏm'ies, n.p. 907See ECONOMICS.
  47. Œ-cŏn'o-my, n.p. 907See ECONOMY.
  48. Œe/ū-mĕn'ĭe-al, a.p. 907See ECUMENICAL.
  49. Œ-dēm'a-tōüs, a.p. 907See EDEMATOUS.
  50. Œ-lī'iad, n.p. 907A glance; a wink. [Rare.] Shak.
  51. Œ'let, n.p. 907An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an ollet. [Obs.] Holland.
  52. Œ-năn’the, n.p. 907(Bot.) A genus of umbelliferous plants growing in damp places, and possessing poisonous qualities. O. crocata is the water hemlock. Baird.
  53. Œ-năn’thie, a.p. 907Having or imparting the characteristic odor of wine. Œnanthic acid (Chem.), an acid obtained from enanthic ether.—Œnanthic ether, an oily liquid, which gives to wine its characteristic odor.
  54. Œn'o-mĕl, n.p. 907Wine mixed with honey; mead. Like some passive, broken lump of salt. Dropped in, by chance, to a bowl of œnomel. To spoil the drink a little. E. B. Browning.
  55. Œ-nŏm'e-ter, n.p. 907The same as ALCOHOLMETER, q. v.
  56. Œn'o-thē'rā, n.p. 907(Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly natives of North America, including the evening primrose.
  57. Ō’er, prep. & adv.p. 907A contraction for over. See OVER.
  58. Œ-sŏph'ă-gŭs, n.p. 907See ESOPHAGUS.
  59. Œs'trum, n.p. 907(Entom.) An insect of the genus Œstrus; the gadfly. 2. A strong impulse or desire; frenzy.
  60. Œs'trus, n.p. 907(Entom.) A genus of dipterous insects; the gadfly or breeze.