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Founding: When many castings are required from one pattern, or from a number of patterns, molded in the same flask, the false part is prepared with care in an odd-flask, and is preserved indefinitely. odd'-1-ty, s. [Eng. odd; -ity.] 1. The quality or state of being odd, singular, or peculiar; strangene , singularity, oddne . 2. An odd person or thing; something strange, peculiar, or singular; as, He is a great oddity . odd-lỹ, *od-ly, adv . [Eng. odd ; -ly.] 1. In an odd manner; not evenly. 2. In an odd, strange, peculiar, or singular manner; strangely, singularly. "How oddly will it sound that I Must ask my child forgivene ." Shakesp.: Tempest, v. 1. Oddly Odd Number: A number which, when divided by 4, leaves 3 for a remainder, or which is of the form 4n+3. Thus, 3, 7, 11, 15, ., are oddly odd numbers. odd-měnt, s. [Eng. odd; -ment.] 1. A trifle, a remnant. Than Sloane, the foremost toyman of his time?" Young: Love of Fame, iv. IMG:content-0236.png:[blocks in formation] *5. Quarrel, dispute, contention, discord. (Obsoodium-theolog i cum, s. The hatred or bitterlete except in the phrase at odds .) IMG:content-0237.png:[blocks in formation] ōde, s . [Fr., from Lat. oda , ode , from Gr. odē , a form of aoidea song, from aeido to sing; Ital. oda , ode ; Sp. oda .] A short poem or song; a lyric poem; a poetical composition fitted or intended to be set to music. "The collection includes Alexander's Feast, the noblest ode in our language." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. *ode-factor, s. A contemptuous epithet for a writer or dealer in odes.