Eight (āt), n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
2. A symbol representing eight
units, as 8 or viii.
Eight , a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries.
achta, D. & G. acht,
OHG. ahto, Icel. ātta, Sw. åtta, Dan. otte, Goth.
ahtau, Lith. asztůni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich,
eiz, L. octo, Gr.
'oktw`, Skr. ash&tsdot;an. √306. Cf. Octave.]
Seven and one; as,
eight years.
Eight (āt), n. [See Ait.]
An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn.
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