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Nov 30, 2009
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eight



Pronunciation: (āt), [key]
—n.
1. a cardinal number, seven plus one.
2. a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.
4. a playing card the face of which bears eight pips.
5. Informal.
a. an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine.
b. an eight-cylinder engine.

—adj.
amounting to eight in number.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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