Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oddment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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; esp. (in pl.), 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 miscellaneous collection of riddles, charms, gnomic
verses, and ``oddments'' of different kinds.
--Saintsbury.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oddment
n 1: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold [syn: {end}, {remainder}, {remnant}, {scrap}]
2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: {curio},
{curiosity}, {oddity}, {peculiarity}, {rarity}]
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