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Utas

U′tas

,

Noun.

[OF.

huitieves

,

witieves

,

witaves

,

oitieves

, pl. of

huitieve

,

witieve

, etc., eighth, L.

octavus

. See

,

Noun.

]

[Written also

utis

.]

1.

(O. Eng. Law)

The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave;

as, the

utas

of St. Michael.

Cowell.

The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the

utas

of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned.

Holinshed.

2.

Hence, festivity; merriment.

[Obs.]

Shak.