Eighth

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

eighth
    adj 1: coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth
           in position [syn: {eighth}, {8th}]
    n 1: position eight in a countable series of things
    2: one part in eight equal parts [syn: {one-eighth}, {eighth}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Eighth \Eighth\ ([=a]tth), a. [AS. eahto[eth]a.]
   1. Next in order after the seventh.
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   2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
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   {Eighth note} (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or
      semibreve; a quaver.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Eighth \Eighth\, n.
   1. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight
      equal parts; an eighth part.
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   2. (Mus.) The interval of an octave.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "eighth":
      contraoctave, double contraoctave, eightfold, four-foot octave,
      four-line octave, great octave, octadic, octagonal, octahedral,
      octal, octan, octaploid, octastyle, octave, octofid, octonary,
      octosyllabic, octuple, one-line octave, ottava, ottava alta,
      ottava bassa, small octave, subcontraoctave, tone row,
      two-foot octave, two-line octave

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

EIGHTH

Henry the, suitor, blue beard, and church builder. When
a young man he became a benedict, a condition in which he
remained until well along in years.  As fast as a queen
appeared at the breakfast table with her hair down her back,
she was dispatched to the block.  A couple of queens got ahead
of him. Was nearly as successful in obtaining divorces as
Napoleon, of France, and American millionaires.  In his later
years he competed against the Pope in England.  Ambition:  A
harem. Recreation:  Spooning.  Dreams:  Bad.  Address:
Windsor.