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Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers. Whether the number of the stars is even or odd. Jer. Taylor. On even ground, with equal advantage. -- On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.

an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.

Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd. -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.

The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcæwho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.

That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.

Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.

The goddess of flowers and spring.

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the [Eng.]

The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.

A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] Todd.

See Fodder, a unit of weight.

The daughter of Njörd, aud goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct. [Written also Frea, Fraying, and Ereyja.]

The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya.

Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.

See Fodder, a weight.

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. "Oddity, frolic, and fun." Goldsmith. To make fan of, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.

Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. "Gleby land." Prior.

mes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.