EIGHT

eight, viii

(adjective) being one more than seven

eight, eight-spot

(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face

eight, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Numeral

eight

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

Describing a group or set with eight elements.

Noun

eight (plural eights)

The digit/figure 8.

(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.

(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.

(rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.

Adjective

eight (not comparable)

Obsolete spelling of eighth.

Etymology 2

Noun

eight (plural eights)

Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)

Anagrams

• Tighe

Source: Wiktionary

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Eight, n. Etym: [See Ait.]

Definition: An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn.

Eight, a. Etym: [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. atta, Sw. åtta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. aszt, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. ash. Octave.]

Definition: Seven and one; as, eight years.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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