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Ode"let (?), n. A little or short
ode.


O*de"on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr.
&?;: cf.F. odéon. See Ode.] A kind of
theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and
roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to
the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in
modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic
performances.


||O*de"um (?), n. [L.] See
Odeon.


O"di*ble (?), a. [L. odibilis.
See Odium.] Fitted to excite hatred; hateful.
[Obs.] Bale.


Od"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to
od. See Od.
[Archaic] -- Od"ic*al*ly (#),
adv.


O"din (?), n. [Icel. &?;; prob.akin to
E. wood, a. See Wednesday.] (Northern Myth.)
The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as
Woden, of the German tribes.


There in the Temple, carved in wood,

The image of great Odin stood.


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