(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:19:11

Eight"y (?), a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.]

Eight times ten; fourscore.

 

© Webster 1913.

Eight"y, n.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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