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Webster 1913 Edition
Fortnight
Fort′nightˊ
(?; in U.S. often ?; 277)
, Noun.
[Contr. fr.
fourteen nights
, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights
, sennight
, a week.] The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fortnight
FORT'NIGHT
,Noun.