Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used as a mild oath.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
odd . - An obsolete spelling of
odd . - noun A reduction of the name of God used in minced oaths; also used interjectionally as a minced oath. Sometimes
'Od . AlsoOdd . - noun A hypothetical force supposed by Reichenbach to have been discovered by him in connection with vital and magnetic phenomena.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics), Archaic 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 theodylic force .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a doctor's degree in optometry
- noun the right eye
- verb dose too heavily
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[Footnote 23: I had written, announcing the word Od-jib-wa to be the true Indian pronunciation, and recommending its adoption.]
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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It is believed that all bodies convey, or are the vehicles of, a certain universal magnetic property, variously called Od, Odyle, etc., which is regarded as an inert and passive substance underlying the more active forces familiar to us in kinetic, calorific, and electrical phenomena.
How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896
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"'Od's life, Richard!" cried Charles, "he has a Jew nose; by all the seven tribes I bid you 'ware of him."
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"'Od's life, he has bought one of his Lordship's own manors -- as good an estate as there is in the province."
Richard Carvel — Volume 07 Winston Churchill 1909
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"'Od's, you may thank your own devilish thick head," said my Lord Comyn.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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'Od's life, he looks hunted, and cursed near brought to earth.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"'Od's, you may thank your own devilish thick head," said my Lord Comyn.
Richard Carvel — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909
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'Od's life, he looks hunted, and cursed near brought to earth.
Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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"'Od's life, Richard!" cried Charles, "he has a Jew nose; by all the seven tribes I bid you 'ware of him."
Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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"'Od's life, he has bought one of his Lordship's own manors -- as good an estate as there is in the province."
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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