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n. See Bodick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.

-- Clod"dish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Consisting of clods; full of clods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gatherer of cods or peas. [ Obs. or Prov. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lustful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coddled p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling ] [ Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t. ] [ Written also codle. ] 1. To parboil, or soften by boiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ the guava fruit ] may be coddled. Dampier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Lord Byron ] never coddled his reputation. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A gull in the plumage of its first year. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Do I look as if I were crow-trodden? Beau. & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female demigod. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , v. t. [ OE. dodden. ] To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game. [ Local, Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Dodd. ] Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder. ] To shake, tremble, or totter. “The doddering mast.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shattered; infirm. “A laurel grew, doddered with age.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. shaking as from old age.
Syn. -- doddery, shaking, tottering, tottery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. mentally or physically infirm with age.
Syn. -- gaga, senile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as doddering{ 1 }.
Syn. -- doddering, shaking, tottering, tottery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.

n. a goddess of fertility and vegetation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See 1st Fother. ] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fōdder, fōddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. fōda food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. fōðr, Sw. & Dan. foder. √75. See Food and cf. Forage, Fur. ] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foddered p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering. ] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fodders cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. A more intense and vulgar form of darned; -- often taken as profane and offensive. [ vulgar ]
Syn. -- blasted, blessed, damn, darned, deuced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. goddohtor. ] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman of superior charms or excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish. ] Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. for hooded. ] (Zool.) See Dun crow, under Dun, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy. ] An awkward or foolish person. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The capelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To pamper or coddle. [ PJC ]

n. One who nods; a drowsy person. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E. knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck. ] 1. The head; also, noodle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.
Syn. -- noggin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The back part of the head or neck. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Noddies [ Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness. ] 1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.
Syn. -- tomnoddy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An old game at cards. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. “An odd action.” Shak. “An odd expression.” Thackeray.
Syn. -- extraordinary; queer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See Quaint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person with an unusual or odd personality; an eccentric person. [ informal ]
Syn. -- eccentric, eccentric person, geek. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hence: Anything unusual in its class. [ PJC ]

Pluto is an oddball among its eight sister planets. It's the smallest in both size and mass, and has the most elliptical orbit. It moves in a plane tilted markedly away from the other planets' orbits. Moreover, Pluto is the only planet made almost entirely of ice. Ron Cohen (Science News, Feb. 27, 1999, p. 139)

a. Eccentric; very unusual; strange; bizarre; as, an oddball request. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Oddities 1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. varied and irregularly performed; -- of paid labor; as, he found only odd-job employment. [ prenominal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. In an odd manner; unevenly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. “A figure a little more oddly turned.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Odd + -ment. ] An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc.

A miscellaneous collection of riddles, charms, gnomic verses, and “oddments” of different kinds. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
Syn. -- end, remainder, remnant, scrap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Something unusual, and perhaps worthy of collecting.
Syn. -- curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, collectible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. pl. Odds and ends; a motley assortment of things.
Syn. -- odds and ends, melange, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The state of being odd, or not even. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take but one from three, and you not only destroy the oddness, but also the essence of that number. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Bot.) Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- imparipinnate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. sing. & pl. [ See Odd, a. ] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as, the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will win three times out of four “Preeminent by so much odds.” Milton. “The fearful odds of that unequal fray.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the odds between them has been the different scope . . . given to their understandings to range in. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the odds lie. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Set them into confounding odds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

At odds, in dispute; at variance. “These squires at odds did fall.” Spenser. “He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds.” Shak. --
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no longer used. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. --
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold medal. --
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments; refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. “My brain is filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends.” W. Irving. --
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds he will win any medal. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. One who plods; a drudge. [ 1913 Webster ]