Defn: One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, — whence the name.
OD
Od, n. Etym: [G., fr. Gr. (Physics)
Defn: 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. [Archaic] That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. Mrs. Browning.
ODAL
O"dal, n. [Cf. Icel. eal, Dan. odel allodial, Sw. odal.] (Law)
Defn: Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, esp. Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also, the ownership of such land. The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe. Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.
ODAL
O"dal, a. (Law)
Defn: Noting, or pert. to, odal land or ownership.
ODALISQUE O`da`lisque", n. Etym: [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room.]
Defn: A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.
[Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.]
Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode.
Tennyson.
ODALMAN; ODALWOMAN
O"dal*man, O"dal*wom`an, n. (Teut. Law)