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• ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

ODD (in See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ODDE, or ODDA

odde, from old See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian oddi, an See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who gives a casting See also:

• VOTE

vote in a dispute) , that which remains over after an equal See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, the unit in excess of an even number; thus in numeration the word is used of a number either above or below a See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round number, an indefinite See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal number, as " eighty and See also:

• ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd," or " eighty odd." As applied to individuals, the sense of " one See also:

• LEFT

left after a division " leads to that of " solitary," and thus of " uncommon " or " See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange." In the plural, " odds " was originally used to denote inequalities especially in the phrase " to make odds even." The sense of a difference in benefit leads to such colloquialisms as " makes no odds," while that of variance appears in the expression " to be at odds." In betting " the odds " is the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage given by one See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to another in proportion to the supposed chances of success .