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Webster 1913 Edition
Eight
Eight
(āt)
, Noun.
[See
Ait
.] An island in a river; an ait.
[Obs.]
“Osiers on their eights.” Evelyn.
Eight
(āt)
, Adj.
[AS.
eahta
; akin to OS. ahto
, OFries. achta
, D. & G. acht
, OHG. ahto
, Icel. ātta
, Sw. åtta
, Dan. otte
, Goth. ahtau
, Lith. asztůni
, Ir. & Gael. ochd
, W. wyth
, Armor. eich
, eiz
, L. octo
, Gr. ὀκτώ
, Skr. ashṭan
. √306. Cf. Octave
.] Seven and one;
as,
. eight
yearsEight
(āt)
, Noun.
1.
The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
2.
A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eight
EIGHT
,Adj.