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1680 Don Tomazo 106 Good success in those two Places made them resolve to try how high they could build upon this same odly begun Foundation of the Worlds opinion.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 217 If several Men were to be asked, concerning some odly-shaped Fœtus, as soon as born, whether it were a Man, or no.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. x. iii. 82 Some of the company understood the signal, and even joined the two Pilgrims in their oddly-timed melody.

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables x. 168 So this oddly-composed little social party used to assemble under the ruinous arbor.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 285 The most strenuous adversaries of this oddly-fated Prince.

1879 E. Dowden Southey v. 136 The oddly-assorted pair met in Taylor's house.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xvii. 128 He had bound together..several of the oddly shaped pine timbers to form a species of dead-fall trap.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island iv. 36 Her eyes were big and brown and velvety, under oddly-pointed black brows.

1999 New Scientist 15 May 43/2 A specific type of oddly shaped weight, called a banner stone.