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Webster 1913 Edition


Eighteen

Eight′eenˊ

(ā′tēnˊ)
,
Adj.
[AS.
eahtatȳne
,
eahtatēne
. See
Eight
, and
Ten
, and cf.
Eighty
.]
Eight and ten;
as,
eighteen
pounds
.

Eight′eenˊ

,
Noun.
1.
The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.
2.
A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eighteen

EIGHTEEN

, a 'ateen. Eight and ten united.