Oddment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oddment \Odd"ment\, n. [Odd + -ment.]
     An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected,
     fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or
     disconnected from its fellows; Specif.: (Printing) Any
     separate small part or page in a book, other than the text,
     such as the title page, contents, etc.


  
           A miscellaneous collection of riddles, charms, gnomic
           verses, and "oddments" of different kinds.
                                                    --Saintsbury.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
        used or sold.
  
     Syn: end, remainder, remnant, scrap.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Something unusual, and perhaps worthy of collecting.
  
     Syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity,
          collectible.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. pl. Odds and ends; a motley assortment of things.
  
     Syn: odds and ends, melange, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge,
          hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oddment
       n 1: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
            used or sold [syn: {end}, {remainder}, {remnant}]
       2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: {curio},
           {curiosity}, {oddity}, {peculiarity}, {rarity}]