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Eighth :: Eighth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

Viking :: Viking (n.) One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries..

Rondel :: Rondel (n.) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth..

Ribbon :: Ribbon (n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide..

Octant :: Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant..

Octant :: Octant (n.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

Queen :: Queen (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn..

Octave :: Octave (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival..

Acetable :: Acetable (n.) An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.

Eighth :: Eighth (a.) Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

Span :: Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Marabou :: Marabou (n.) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

August :: August (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days..

Octennial :: Octennial (a.) Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years..

Furlong :: Furlong (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

Eighth :: Eighth (n.) The interval of an octave.

Hair''sbreadth :: Hair'sbreadth () The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch..

Masora :: Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries..

Utas :: Utas (n.) The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael..

Dram :: Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains..

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