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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.

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.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

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

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

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

Endorse :: Endorse (n.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth)..

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..

Octave :: Octave (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the 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 [/]..

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

Quaver :: Quaver (n.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

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