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Definition of Eighths
1. eighth [n] - See also: eighth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eighths
Literary usage of Eighths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"eed. at the ¡^tail price or value, the sum of ten retail price or value of five
cents and shall not f~nts. two eighths of one cent. ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"It is pierced with twelve holes of three-eighths of an inch bore. Fig. 422 is a
similar cylinder of plumbago, two inches high, pierced with twenty- four ..."
3. Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction by Warren Colburn (1891)
"What is one eighth of eight ? three eighths of eight ? five eighths of eight ?
seven ... If you divide anything into eighths, how many parts will there be ? ..."
4. Masterpieces of Murder: An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader by Edmund Lester Pearson, Gerald Gross (1876)
"Tip of upper mandible to corner of mouth four-eighths of an inch. ... Longest primary
extends two-eighths inch beyond end of longest tail ..."
5. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Designed for Beginners by Charles Davies (1844)
"Questions about eighths. 1. How many whole apples are there in eight ... In twenty
eighths, how many whole things ? 3. How many whole things are there in ..."
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