Oc*to"ber (?), n. [L., the eighth
month of the primitive Roman year, which began in March, fr. octo eight: cf.F. Octobre. See Octave.]
1. The tenth month of the year,
containing thirty-one
days.
2. Ale or cider made
in that month.
The country gentlemen had a posset
or drink they called October.
Emerson.