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odn.1int. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: god n. and int. Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of god n. and int.The usage came into vogue around 1600 when, to avoid the overt profanation of sacred names, many euphemistic and disguised equivalents became prevalent. Compare Gad n.2 and int., lud int. and n.2, ad n.2, Uds n., etc. It is unclear at which point changes in the written form of the word and its compounds may result from the etymological relationship with god n. and int. becoming obscured, rather than from euphemistic alteration. With the form 'ord perhaps compare lord n. and int. A euphemistic substitute for God in asseverative or exclamatory formulae. Now archaic and regional. A. n.1the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iv. 58 Od's-me: que ay ie oublie . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 18 'Od's my will, Her loue is not the Hare that I doe hunt. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor (rev. ed.) v. vi, in I. 167 'Ods [1600 Gods] my life, knight, what doe you meane? youle offer no violence, will you? View more context for this quotation 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. vi, in (1873) III. 42 Ods me I must go see her. 1693 T. D'Urfey iii. i. 23 Old Jenny, six Footmen and a Page, odsme I'm overjoy'd. 1700 W. Congreve iii. i. 34 Ods my Life..I'll have him murder'd. 1710 3 Odds He's a brave Man indeed. 1764 S. Foote ii. 33 Ods me, brother Bruin, can you tell what is become of my vife? 1788 S. Low v. v. 64 By my body, she thinks I want to have her myself.—Why, what a lucky young dog I am!..'ods my heart, and my life, and my—ugh, ugh. 1818 7 Odds, bless my heart its carried, And Eurice clean unmarried! 1823 W. Scott I. iii. 48 Odds-my-life, madam..mine errand can speak for itself. 1836 R. M. Bird I. iii. ix. 171 The very picture of your aunt, poor Mrs. Wilkins! but, ods bless her, she's dead. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth I. vi. 112 ‘Odd's me! do you think so?’ cried the host of the Trumpeter. 1877 J. M. Neilson 52 Odds, mistress, I'd fain introduce ye tae Jean. 1888 S. O. Addy 162 Says Mr. Moore, 'Ods my life, You shall not beat your wife. 1889 T. B. Aldrich 37 ‘Odds, man!’ cried one, ‘thou 'st been a-dreamin', man. Cleave to thy beer, an' let strong drink alone!’ 1900 J. P. Peabody Fortune & Men's Eye in H. L. Cohen (1921) 294 The great fish, late ta'en off Dover coast, Having two heads and teeth in double rows... 'Od's my life!.. A prodigy! 1996 (Nexis) 1 Aug. (Arts section) 9 His script preserves Farquhar's plot,..but apart from the occasional ‘Od's My Life’..is devoid of period frippery. B. int.the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous 1681 T. Otway ii. 22 Prithee be perswaded, od I'l give thee this Ring, I'l give thee this Watch, 'tis Gold, I'l give thee any thing in the World, go. 1695 W. Congreve iii. i. 39 Odso, my son Ben come? Odd, I'm glad on't: Where is he? 1700 T. D'Urfey i. v. ii. 47 Od, she's a lushious Creature, Friend, hast ever seen her? 1775 R. B. Sheridan i. i Odd! Sir Anthony will stare! c1817 J. Hogg VI. 65 But od, you see, I couldna hae injured a hair of the lovely creature's head. 1824 W. Scott I. x. 212 Od, ye are a clever birkie! 1843 J. Ballantine i. 24 The farmer applauded this song..exclaiming, ‘'od man ye hae hit aff Peter till a shavin’. 1880 G. Fraser 140 Odd! Mrs. D—, the falla that blew that yin maun hae been fearfu' short in the wun'. 1908 A. M'Ilroy v Odd man!..had I the muzzle pointed the right w'y. 1915 H. Beaton 114 Did ye ever see Lizzie wi' th' horse an' cairts? Ot ay, mony time. Phrases1701 T. D'Urfey i. i. 9 I do business for my Lord, but odrabit it tell him I belong to my self. 1723 S. Centlivre iii. 49 Odsave me! Dud I hit yow, Zir? 1749 H. Fielding VI. xvii. iii. 99 When we imagined we had a Fox to deal with, Od-rat-it, it turns out to be a Badger. View more context for this quotation 1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ (new ed.) To Rdr. p. x Od rottle the; whot seys to! has to foryeat'n th' Tealier finding th' Urchon; an th' Rimes! 1775 R. B. Sheridan i. i Odd rabbit it! when the fashion had got foot on the Bar, I guess'd 'twould mount to the Box! 1802 ‘P. Pindar’ Middlesex Election iii, in (1816) IV. 195 To take a body's name away—Oddrat their lying chucks! 1803 R. Tannahill 27 Oddsaffs! my heart neer did wallop cadgier. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith 52 What are they fear'd on, fools! 'od rot 'em! a1849 E. A. Poe Thou art Man in (1850) II. 420 Mr Shuttleworthy had a sad habit of swearing, although he seldom went beyond ‘Od rot me’, or ‘By gosh’, or ‘By the jolly golly’. 1858 R. B. Brough iv. 19 By Jove and Mars, they're at it! Twenty to one on Paris! Eh? 'Od rat it. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Odd rot it, an exclamation. 1883 A. S. Swan ii.iv. 221 'Od save us a', that'll be an unco handfu'. 1891 T. Hardy III. xlvi. 114 'Od rot the women—now 'tis one thing, and then 'tis another. 1919 S. J. Weyman xxxi. 285 ‘Peel, 'od rot him!’ cried the majority, ‘might shift as often as his own spinning-jenny!’ 1961 R. Hodgson 161 Give him wit..magpies jackdaws jays Or crows, and he could cope or quit And all good friends: od rabbit it, He loved the vermin! Compounds In the genitive. Such compounds were very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, but are now mostly obsolete, archaic, or regional. Cf. Bob Acres' fancy oaths in Sheridan's Rivals ii. i. N.E.D. (1902) also lists od's feet and od's truth but evidence for these has not been traced. C1. General. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's blood 1773 R. Graves I. ii. ii. 42 Instead of ‘Od's blood, od's wounds, or pox take you;’ Jerry was content with ‘Odsbodikins, odszounterkins, pok-i-cat take you,’ and the like. 1856 G. H. Boker (1857) II. 66 'Ods blood! I hate them! 1917 E. Pound (1949) 260 Nor did disgust prove such a strong emetic That we, with Masefield's vein, in the next sentence Record ‘Odd's blood! Ouch! Ouch!’ a prayer, his swift repentance. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. ii, in I. 139 Helpe me, brother: 'ods [1600 Gods] body, and you come here, I'le doe my selfe a mischiefe. View more context for this quotation 1796 T. Holcroft iv. xi. 65 Odds body! A comical thought has crossed me! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! 1900 J. P. Peabody Fortune & Men's Eye in (1927) 53 Poor Nick! He's sorely maimed... 'Od's body! Said I not, sir, he would fight? the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's bones a1895 Ld. C. E. Paget (1896) iv. 99 ‘Odds bones!’ said I, ‘don't they mean to give any quarter, then?’ 1682 A. Behn iii. i. 22 Nor I, ods Bread... I's for yare Interest my gued Lords. 1650 J. Tatham 14 A Heart of Flesh, and not of Flint? odd's death, I think the Divels in't. 1719 W. Taverner i. iii. 13 Odsdeath I have done, I won't offend you. 1856 G. H. Boker Widow's Marriage iv. i, in (1883) II. 184 'Ods death! you wrong me grievously, sweet wife. 1688 T. Shadwell i. i. 6 Ods flesh, where's Money for aw this? 1796 R. Walker (1801) 21 Ods flesh, mon! 1883 E. Ridings 19 Oddsflesh, aw'll ha' my tay. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. v. 64 in II Od's foote, you Bawd in greace, are you talking? 1668 J. Dryden v. 61 Ods foot, Sir, there are some Bastards..that are as well worthy to marry her, as any man. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's life 1681 T. Otway i. i. 6 A Lip, so red, so hard, so plump,..and for her Neck and Breasts and her—odds life; I'll say no more. c1718 M. Prior 12 Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? 1817 J. B. Burges iii. i. 190 Odslife! isn't that the old woman's voice?—No, it's only the cat in the pantry. 1860 tr. J. Sandeau iv. ii. 62 But, od's life! monsieur, when one has the honor of receiving the Marquis de La Seigliere beneath one's roof, it's not the thing to serve him with notice to quit through a sheriff's officer. 1955 5 430 Od's life, need an O.M. swear to the truth of an epigram? 1869 G. H. Boker i. 31 'Ods mercy! are you mad? He and Sophia! 1831 T. L. Peacock vii. 138 Od's vengeance, sir, some Aspasia and any other Athenian name of the same sort of person you like. 1612 B. Jonson iv. iv. sig. K 'Ods will, she must goe to him, Man; and kisse him: It is the Spanish fashion, for the women To make first court. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 244 Od's plessed-wil: I wil not be absence at the grace. View more context for this quotation the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's wounds 1773 R. Graves I. ii. ii. 42 Instead of ‘Od's blood, od's wounds, or pox take you;’ Jerry was content with ‘Odsbodikins, odszounterkins, pok-i-cat take you,’ and the like. 1889 A. Conan Doyle xxxv. 394 Od's wounds! How many are yours? C2. Humorously. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage IV. x. x. 159 Ods haricots and cutlets! thought I. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xxiii. 99 Odskilderkins, it seems..we are within two Fingers breadth of Damnation. C3. With diminutives and alterations of words. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's body a1625 J. Fletcher (1652) i. iii. 10 Heark ye, heark ye; Od's-bobs, you are angry, Lady. 1748 T. Smollett I. iv. 20 Odd's bob! I'd desire no better news. 1768 I. Bickerstaff i. vi. 10 I would beg leave to salute you first with my razor—odds bobs, if you should attempt to go near her with that bristly beard! 1876 J. J. Wray 20 ‘Odd's bobs!’ said the startled hedger. 1911 J. M. Barrie v. 88 ‘Smee,’ he said, ‘this seat is hot.’ He jumped up. ‘Odds bobs, hammer and tongs I'm burning.’ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's body 1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin iii. i, in 60 Why kiss her, kiss her, Man, oddsboddikins, when I was a young fellow and was first married, I did nothing else for three months. 1709 R. Steele No. 137. ⁋2 Odsbodikins, you do not say right. 1734 H. Fielding ii. viii. 32 As sure as a Gun—this is he—Odsbodlikins! 1888 W. S. Gilbert ii. 41 Odds boddikins, what does it mean? 1989 J. Titford (BNC) ‘After it was entangled in the net,..it was dragged to the shore by seven horses..and three hundred men...’ (Gadzooks! Odsbodykins! Zounds!) the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's body 1682 T. Shadwell i. 6 Ods Bud, who would have thought she had read that! 1695 W. Congreve ii. i. 23 Odsbuds, I would my Son were an Egyptian Mummy for thy sake. 1719 J. Swift Quiet Life in (1735) II. 351 Thy Wife has dev'lish Whims; Od's-buds, why don't you break her Limbs? 1766 G. S. Carey iii. ii. 73 Odds bud Lad thou'rt made for ever. 1832 T. Hood Miss Fanny's Farewell Flowers in (1862–3) 380 My nose is swell'd—my eye is black—My lip I've got a cut on! Odds buds! 1889 A. Conan Doyle xxi. 205 Od's bud, man, you have lived two centuries too late. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's fish 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome v. sig. L2v O here comes more o' your Naunts, Naunt Dickenson & Naunt Hargrave, ods fish and your Granny Johnson too. 1731 R. Gwinnett & E. Thomas p. xxxii Odds-fish, Husband, you shall invite Doctor Quibus to Dinner to Morrow, and I warrant we shall have Mirth enough. 1823 W. Scott IV. xiii. 302 ‘Oddsfish,’ said the King, ‘the light begins to break in on me.’ 1905 Baroness Orczy xxxi. 309 ‘Lud! they are a bit quaint, ain't they?’ laughed Sir Percy, jovially. ‘But, odd's fish!..now you are here, Ffoulkes, we must lose no time.’ 1995 26 June 66/3 Just look at his student drawings: ‘The buildings were not Classical, they were not Gothic, they were not Renaissance. They were only Howard Roark.’ Odsfish! 1696 T. D'Urfey i. i. 3 Odsheartlikins you never argued better in your Life-time. 1721 C. Cibber i. 11 He shall ride in no Troop of mine, Odsheartlikins! 1985 P. Reading (1996) II. 68 Ah, but, odds-heartikins! How late the hour. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iv. 55 Odd's-hart-lings, that's a prettie iest indeede. View more context for this quotation 1791 R. Sadler II. vii. 315 ‘Odds heartlings!’ continued he, rubbing his hands—‘Well, I'm glad thee beest not hanged, faith!’ 1931 May 689/1 Od's heartlings! That such things can still be when England is no longer merry. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's eyelid 1616 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. vi, in I. 127 Sell my rapier? 'ods [1600 Gods] lid! Nay, sir. View more context for this quotation 1742 J. Yarrow 81 'Odslid that was ill Luck indeed. 1694 T. D'Urfey iv. i. 35 Odslidikins, he shall hardly know me again. 1748 T. Smollett II. lvi. 224 Odds niggers! (cried he) I have a silver caudle-cup that holds just the quantity. 1839 R. Dawes I. iv. 100 ‘Why, od's niggers!’ cried Morgan, ‘I know'd well enough that Sam couldn't feel nothing.’ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's nigs a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta v. i, in (1647) sig. Mmmmm2v/1 Ile..goe up and downe drinking small beere, and swearing 'odds neagues. 1794 J. Wolcot Duck of Richmond's Dog in (1812) III. 238 And lifted hands..and cried Odsnigs! the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's wounds a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 22 Eua. How many Numbers is in Nownes? Will. Two. Qui. I thought there had bin one Number more, because they say od's-Nownes. 1816 W. T. Moncrieff ii. 36 I must brazen it out—I mustn't decline now, odds nouns, though I never declined a noun in my life. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's wounds 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais (1737) v. viii. 30 Odsoons, said Ædituus. 1785 C. Macklin iv. 51 Odzoons! why not?—Is nai your word a fiat, and wall it not be always so to me? 1889 A. Conan Doyle xiii. 114 Od's 'oons, I drank deep last Night. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's pity a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 295 'Ods pittikins: can it be sixe mile yet? View more context for this quotation 1812 W. Tennant iv. xxxi. 85 Oddspittikins! how with poise exactly true Clean forward to the ribbon'd pole they sweep. 1857 T. Martin i. iv. 106 Ods pitikins! The lamp! That's true! I never thought of that. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's hooks 1785 9 Odd's wucks and tar! no, no, bar snaps there. 1850 S. Bamford 'Odsweawks, God's works. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's hooks 1688 T. Shadwell iv. i. 66 Odsookers, I know my self, and will have nothing to do with you. 1693 T. D'Urfey ii. i. 10 The Letter I have given him there expresses all that. But be sure to remember your Canting West Country Tone, Numps, and your by-word, 'Odswokers. 1728 C. Cibber i. i. 17 Were Measter but hawf the Mon that I am—Ods wookers! 1749 H. Fielding VI. xviii. xii. 292 Odzookers!..I will go with thee. View more context for this quotation 1884 ‘M. Field’ Fair Rosamond ii. vi, in 191 Odzookers! With Ellen Greene, the witch? a good girl like you! Why, she's got a black kitten that sucks her under the ear. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's hooks 1688 T. D'Urfey iii. i. 39 And toy and treat, whilst I wink at the Matter, But for the rest, odzooks, I'll watch her Water. a1764 R. Lloyd in (1774) II. 94 Odzooks, I think, he's perfect mad, Scar'd out of all the wits he had. a1895 E. Field (1922) 192 Odzooks, it matters not a whit—They all are good to use! Take Pearline, if it pleases you—Sapolio, if you choose! the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's wounds 1696 T. D'Urfey iv. ii. 41 Odzounds! I wonder You dare be so bold. 1796 R. Walker (1801) 19 Ods zeawns, Tum! 1835 T. Hood iv Odd zounds! Ten pounds, How sweet it sounds. 1909 A. Bierce V. 220 Odzounds! 'tis drear to see! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Odn.2  Brit.  /ɒd/, /əʊd/, U.S. /ɑd/, /ɔd/, /oʊd/Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Od. Etymology: < German Od (K. von Reichenbach 1845, in Ann. der Chem. u. Pharm. 53 216), an arbitrary formation (see quots. 1846, 1850 at sense 1). Now historical. the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > force involved in 1846 W. Gregory in tr. K. L. F. Reichenbach vi. 89 The author has given to the new imponderable the name of Od, a name not possessing any meaning, but admitting of being compounded, according to the genius of the German language. 1850 J. Ashburner tr. K. L. F. Reichenbach 224 I will take the liberty to propose the short word Od for the force which we are engaged in examining. Every one will admit it to be desirable that a unisyllabic word beginning with a vowel should be selected..for the sake of convenient conjunction in the manifold compound words. 1851 H. Mayo (ed. 2) 13 To his new force..Von Reichenbach..gave the arbitrary but convenient name of Od, or the Od force. 1856 E. B. Browning vii. 295 That od-force of German Reichenbach Which still from female finger-tips burns blue. 1885 H. S. Olcott 212 So much of light is let into the old domain of Church ‘miracles’ by mesmerism and the Od discovery. 1937 June 494/2 The claims of Baron Reichenbach, a distinguished chemist, to the discovery of another new force which he named ‘Od’, which..was found to have positive and negative qualities and to behave differently for different metals, etc. 1972 24 492 While American scientific journals ignored Reichenbach's findings, Od managed to get tremendous amounts of publicity in the press and elsewhere. 1991 P. Heselton (BNC) 33 Von Reichenbach..published the results of numerous experiments with sensitives using techniques which enabled them to sense an energy which he called ‘the odic force’, ‘od’ or ‘odyle’. 1846 W. Gregory vi. 89 Thus he calls the force, abstractedly, Od; as it is found in crystals, magnets, the living body, in heat, in light, &c. Crystallod, Magnetod, Biod, Thermod, Photod, &c. Although this may answer very well in German, it is not likely that these names will be adopted in this country. 1850 J. Ashburner tr. K. L. F. Reichenbach 224 Instead of saying, ‘the Od derived from crystallization’, we may name this product crystallod, that from animal life biod, that from heat thermod, that from electricity briefly as elod, from light photod, and so on, magnetod, chymod, heliod, artemod, tribod, and for the material world generally, pantod, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ODn.3Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: overdose n. Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of the elements of overdose n. slang (originally U.S.). the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of > excessive 1959 L. Lipton 186 It was an OD—an overdose—of horse that led him back to marijuana. 1971 Apr. 38/1 A truly brilliant Black filmmaker goes into his grave at 24..an O.D. takes him, he loses a battle of several years—the ‘stuff’ wins. 1988 J. Ellroy vii. 73 Goines was killed with a heroin OD. 1999 S. Stewart xi. 191 She'd taken the OD at my flat and I'd found her surrounded by empty vodka bottles and pills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ODv.Inflections: Present participle OD'ing, OD-ing; past tense and past participle OD'd, OD'ed, O.D.'d, O.D.ed; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: OD n.3, overdose v. Etymology: Either < OD n.3 or initialism < the initial letters of the elements of overdose v. slang (originally U.S.). the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] > take overdose of drugs 1965 H. Huncke 72 We were using junk and twice she O.D.ed and I thought I'd lost her. 1970 S. O'Callaghan xii. 151 Diana has O.D.'d and she's dead. 1985 B. E. Ellis 29 I thought he O.D.'d. 1998 A. McHugh (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 254. 59 He's the one who got her hooked, he's the one who made her O.D. 1974 H. S. Thompson in Dec. 268/3 Just a couple of good ole boys O.D.'d on booze. 1978 A. Maupin 52 He was..OD'ing on Tiffany lamplight. 1991 1 Apr. 428/1 We've OD'd on Donald Trump, sushi and power ties. 2000 A. Calcutt 138/2 Britain's middle-class late-twentysomethings OD'ed on Habitat furnishing. Derivatives the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from overdose 1969 R. De Sola (rev. ed.) 196/1 Od'd, overdosed (dope addict). 2000 Mar.–Apr. 15/2 Meah still enjoys painting banners, usually depicting classic sideshow subjects, although he admits to getting ‘a little OD'd on fat ladies’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasOD 1910 12 June 3/6 O. D., officer of the day. The O. C.'s first able assistant. 1929 10 311 O.D., I, the officer of the day. 1986 31 Aug. 8/4 One rainy night after I finished OD rounds, I was awakened to go to the psychiatric ward. OD 1915 (U.S. Marine Corps) June 17/2 Two O.D. shirts you next slip in, A pair of shoes goes in between. 1966 4 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 73/2 GI Jargon OD, officer of the day, or olive drab (both the colour and the uniforms themselves, e.g. ‘I'm wearing my ODs tonight’). 1975 I. Melchior (1976) iii. 173 He was clad only in his OD shorts and undershirt. O.D. society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman 1916 ‘Taffrail’ i. 7 ‘Strumbles,’ he said, ‘'ere's another O.D. come to join your mess.’ 1962 W. Granville 83/1 O.D. Naval colloquialism for ordinary seaman. OS or Ord is the official abbreviation. O.D. 1926 J. Malcolm v. 123 The datum adopted in the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, denoted by the letters O.D., was what was considered in 1844 to be mean sea level at Liverpool... The new datum is mean sea level at Newlyn. 1956 Mar. 185/2 The top of the wall at the Barmouth end is 35 ft. above Ordnance Datum, dropping to 28 ft. above O.D. at the slipway. 1972 L. Alcock ii. 25 Roughly one quarter of the hill-top, lying above four hundred and ninety feet O.D., forms a broad summit ridge. OD 1972 5 June 22/6 OD. not infrequently causes strong reactions among managers. 1992 J. Owen (BNC) 95 OD is an activity which relies on concepts and research findings from the behavioural sciences. OD 1930 J. H. Walker & S. Crocker iv. 293 In sizes 14 in. and upward pipe is designated by its outside diameter (O.D.) and the wall thickness is specified. 1963 H. R. Clauser 120/1 Non-ferrous castings are produced commercially in o.d.'s ranging from about 1 in. to 6 ft. 1987 July 18/2 As a general rule, any cable less than 5mm (3/16in) outside diameter (OD) is best skipped over. < |
