Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eight"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eight \Eight\, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or
objects.
2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eight \Eight\, n. [See {Ait}.]
An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] ``Osiers on their
eights.'' --Evelyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eight \Eight\, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta,
D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. [=a]tta, Sw. [*a]tta, Dan.
otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. aszt?ni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth,
Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. ?, Skr. ash?an. ????. Cf.
{Octave}.]
Seven and one; as, eight years.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eight
adj : being one more than seven [syn: {8}, {viii}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: {8},
{VIII}, {eighter}, {eighter from Decatur}, {octad}, {ogdoad},
{octonary}, {octet}]
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