1. Noun
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
2. Noun
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
3. Noun
The whole diatonic scale itself.
4. Noun
The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
5. Noun
A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
6. Adjective
Consisting of eight; eight.
7. Noun
a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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