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a. [ AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. ātta, Sw. åtta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. asztůni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. 'oktw`, Skr. ash&tsdot_;an. √306. Cf. Octave. ] Seven and one; as, eight years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ait. ] An island in a river; an ait. [ Obs. ] “Osiers on their eights.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. eahtat&ymacr_;ne, eahtatēne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty. ] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Octodecimo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The eighth after the tenth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Eighteen. ] 1. Next in order after the seventeenth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., fr. AS. eahtateóða; eahta eight + teóða tenth. Cf. Eighteenth, Tenth. ] Eighteenth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]