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

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

Diatonic :: Diatonic (a.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first..

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

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..

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

Group :: Group (n.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes..

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

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

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

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

Octic :: Octic (a.) Of the eighth degree or order.

H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch

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

Krishna :: Krishna (n.) The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu..

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

Octic :: Octic (n.) A quantic of the eighth degree.

Trioctile :: Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other..

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

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

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