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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Utas  \U"tas\,  n.  [OF.  huitieves  witieves  witaves  oitieves 
  pl  of  huitieve  witieve  etc.,  eighth  L.  octavus.  See 
  {Octave},  n.]  [Written  also  {utis}.] 
  1.  (O.  Eng.  Law)  The  eighth  day  after  any  term  or  feast;  the 
  octave;  as  the  utas  of  St  Michael.  --Cowell. 
 
  The  marriage  was  celebrated  and  Canterbury,  and  in 
  the  utas  of  St  Hilary  next  ensuing  she  was  crowned. 
  --Holinshed. 
 
  2.  Hence  festivity;  merriment.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 




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