Definition of eighth

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

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Marabou :: Marabou (n.) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
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..
Eighth :: Eighth (a.) Next in order after the seventh.
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..
Octave :: Octave (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe..
Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs..
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..
Eighth :: Eighth (a.) Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
Endorse :: Endorse (n.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth)..
Acetable :: Acetable (n.) An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.
Eighthly :: Eighthly (adv.) As the eighth in order.
Hair''sbreadth :: Hair'sbreadth () The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch..
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..
Octic :: Octic (a.) Of the eighth degree or order.
Octic :: Octic (n.) A quantic of the eighth degree.
Span :: Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
Levy :: Levy (n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d..
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..
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..
Octennial :: Octennial (a.) Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years..
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