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Eighty
Pronunciation : Eight"y
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.]
Definition : Defn: Eight times ten; fourscore.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Eight"y
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.
2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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