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eight
  1. The digit/figure 8.
  2. (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
  3. (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
  4. (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The final eight is settled and there are some very good sides going around this season.”
eighth
  1. The person or thing in the eighth position.
  2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
  3. (slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
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eightling
  1. (crystallography) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals, such as are common with rutile.
eightsies
  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eight actions must be performed.
eightsman
  1. (rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.
eightpence
  1. (historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
eight
  1. An island in a river; an ait.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The final eight is settled and there are some very good sides going around this season.”
eightish
  1. (colloquial) Any time close to eight o'clock.
eightsome
  1. A group of eight persons or things.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I've even done the odd eightsome reel, which is as close as anyone should get to folk dancing.”
      “Forget all about rowdy post-wedding dances where an eightsome is an excuse to throw women around, reels are danced energetically but correctly.”
      “St Andrew's Day looms and expatriate Scots are turning their thoughts to home, eightsome reels and sheep intestines.”
eightness
  1. The property of being eight in number.
eights
  1. (poker) A pair of eights.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Jon-Lee hammers his head to the quicktime beats of guitar wedged middle eights.”
      “A few lazy eights showcase the effortless maneuverability of the aircraft's design.”
      “It sounds as deliberate as one of Kylie's middle eights and you can't help but be struck by how listenable it all is.”
eightpences
  1. plural of eightpence
eightsmen
  1. plural of eightsman
eightlings
  1. plural of eightling
eightsomes
eighths
  1. plural of eighth
  2. Examples:
    1. “No one has managed to cut a tablet into eighths without reducing it to powder.”
      “Cut apples into halves, quarters or eighths to explain fractions or use nickels, dimes and quarters to teach children percentages.”
      “Cut each peach in half, remove the stone and cut into quarters or eighths, depending on the size.”
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