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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., the eighth month of the primitive Roman year, which began in March, fr.

octo

eight: cf. F.

Octobre

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The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

Ale or cider made in that month.

The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they called

October

Emerson.

Noun.

[L. from octo, eighth; the eighth month of the primitive Roman year which began in march.]

The tenth month of the year in our calendar, which follows that of Numa and Julius Caesar.