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Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. Spectator.

the odds and ends. Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc.

A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.

art of a thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the surface; as, the book lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a house on an island. I stood on the bridge at midnight. Longfellow.

on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence Ooze calf, Ooze finish, etc.

A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.

Of material things, like the books in a library.

y; keeping order; conveying orders. "Aids-de-camp and orderly men." Sir W. Scott. Orderly book (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the general and regimental orders are recorded. -- Orderly officer, the officer of the day, or that officer of a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arra…

The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.

ny way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book. An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way. Macaulay. Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.

Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.

At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand. "Originally a half length [portrait]." Walpole.

A treatise or book on this science.

re, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. H. James.

Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev.

One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript. Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow.

Consisting of pages. "Paginal books." Sir T. Browne.

The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes.

The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.