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

Eighthly :: Eighthly (adv.) As the eighth in order.

Triolet :: Triolet (n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth..

Eighth :: Eighth (a.) Next in order after the seventh.

Eighteenth :: Eighteenth (n.) The eighth after the tenth.

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

Cocktail :: Cocktail (n.) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..

Octave :: Octave (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones..

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

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

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..

Consonancy :: Consonancy (n.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth..

Value :: Value (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/]..

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