Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the supposed peculiar force called od or odyl. See od.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physics), Archaic Of or pertaining to odyle; odic.

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  • adjective archaic Of or pertaining to odyle; odic.

Etymologies

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odyle +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • But alas! none save holy men (and perhaps, odylic sensitives), whose material organs are piercing as their spiritual vision, may be allowed the privilege of beholding this poetic splendour.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • Ninja were notorious for their harnessing of odylic forces and this, it was commonly believed, was what made Musashi's defeat so effortless.

    The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • This was usually termed the "od," or "odylic," force; various inanimate objects, such as metals, crystals and magnets, were supposed to possess it, and to be capable of inducing and terminating the mesmeric state, or of exciting or arresting its phenomena.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • Yet it does not follow that because the crystal is highly odylic and glass altogether negative the former will induce clairvoyance.

    Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896

  • Exposure to the sun's rays not only scores the surface of a crystal or mirror, but also puts the odylic substance into activity, distributing and dissipating the magnetic power stored up therein.

    Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896

  • Water is extremely odylic and should never come in contact with the agent employed as it effectually carries off all latent or stored imports.

    Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896

  • But the odylic substance is acted upon by the nervo-vital emanations of the body of the seer, and reacts upon the brain centres by means of the optic nerves.

    How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896

  • It is quite probable also that the odylic emanation of the terrestrial magnet has also a polar arrangement.

    The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Edward Eggleston 1869

  • He put up his hands to push away her positive and negative poles; but finding that impossible, he kicked and cried in a way which showed him to be utterly out of harmony with the odylic emanations of the terrestrial magnet.

    The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Edward Eggleston 1869

  • Her magnetism had never before been so much out of harmony with every sort of odylic emanation in the universe as at this moment.

    The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Edward Eggleston 1869

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