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Eighth :: Eighth (a.) Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..

Span :: Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Masora :: Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries..

Eighth :: Eighth (a.) Next in order after the seventh.

Trioctile :: Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other..

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..

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

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

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

Octant :: Octant (n.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

Utas :: Utas (n.) The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael..

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..

Queen :: Queen (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn..

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

Eighth :: Eighth (n.) The interval of an octave.

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

Marabou :: Marabou (n.) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

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 [/]..

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