ODD

, in Arithmetic, is said of a number that is not even. The series of Odd numbers is 1, 3, 5, 7, &c.

ODDLY-Odd. A number is said to be Oddly-Odd, when an Odd number measures it by an Odd number. So 15 is a number Oddly-odd, because the Odd number 3 measures it by the Odd number 5.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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