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hence, corrupt; wicked. [Archaic] So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.

Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] Chaucer. The needful time of trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Outfit; necessary luggage. [Archaic] Spenser. Carrying each his needments. Wordsworth.

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South.

Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] "Thy servant went nowhither." 2 Kings v. 25.

tion of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. [Archaic] Harvey. They...have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials. Milton.

, 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.

Of or pertaining to od. See Od. [Archaic] -- Od"ic*al*ly, adv.

To charge with od. See Od. [Archaic]

See Od. [Archaic].

Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; as, odylic force. [Archaic]

Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic] Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. Milton. They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. Burke.

ucing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene. [Archaic]

The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [Archaic] Nares.

At another time, or other times; sometimes; [Archaic] Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.

Too anxious; too full of care. [Archaic] Fuller.

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.] Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] "A parcel of her woe." Chaucer. Two parcels of the white of an egg. Arbuthnot. The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government. J. A. Symonds.

Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic] "A parlous snuffing." Beau. & Fl.