Od
[ɒd]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checker: Lorenzo
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Odyle, odyllic force.
Typist: Nelda
Definition
n. for God—sometimes Odd.—interjs. Od's-bodikins God's body; Od's life God's life; Od's-pitikins (Shak.) a corr. of God's pity.
n. a peculiar force acting on the nervous system assumed by Reichenbach to exist in light heat electricity living bodies and all material substances whatever and to produce the phenomena of mesmerism.—adj. O′dic.—ns. Od′-force od; O′dism belief in od.
Typist: Molly
Examples
- To the left,' whispered the lad; 'take the left had, and keep od the other side. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I thought of the oddest things. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You're the oddest fellow I ever saw. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But of all the odd things that ever I knew, the oddest is that you should so run counter to your own interests as to bring this to me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were notfor a few weeks at least. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Well, it is the oddest thing to me, that a man should use such a pretty girl so ill! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Odder and odder! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Moll