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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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