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eth

Pronunciation: (e&thslash;), [key]
—n.
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th. Also,edh.

-eth

an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth. Also,-th.

-eth

var. of -th², the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

Eth.

Ethiopia.

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

etesian

ethacrynic acid

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