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1,561 words match “EIGH”

EIGH interj.
An exclamation expressing delight.
EIGHT n. 4 definitions
An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn.
EIGHTEEN a. 3 definitions
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
EIGHTEENMO a.
See Octodecimo.
EIGHTEENTH a. 4 definitions
Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
EIGHTETETHE a.
Eighteenth. [Obs.]
EIGHTFOLD a.
Eight times a quantity.
EIGHTH a. 4 definitions
Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing. Eighth note (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.
EIGHTHLY adv.
As the eighth in order.
EIGHTIETH a. 3 definitions
Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.
EIGHTLING n.
A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.
EIGHTSCORE a.
Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
EIGHTY a. 3 definitions
Eight times ten; fourscore.
AFFREIGHT v.
To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.
AFFREIGHTER n.
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
AFFREIGHTMENT n.
The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
AHEIGHT adv.
Aloft; on high. [Obs.] "Look up aheight." Shak.
AWEIGH adv.
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.
BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH n.
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.
BREASTHEIGHT n.
The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garnison lean in firing.
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