fourteenth

& s. [A. S. feówerteódha; O. Fris. fiuwertinda; M. H. Ger. vierzehende; Dut. veertiende; Icel. fjörtándi; Sw. fjortonde; Dan. fjortende; Ger. vierzehnte.] B. As substantive : A. As adjective: fowe 1. The ordinal of four; the next after the third. 2. Being one of four equal parts into which a whole is divided; a quarter. B. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: One of four equal parts into which a whole is divided; the quotient of one divided by four; a quarter. 2. Music : An interval of four notes, comprising two whole tones and a semitone. A diminished fourth comprises one whole tone and two semitones. " The Fourth ": The fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of independence, and the birth of the United States as a nation. fourth-estate, s. A name given by Lord Macaulay to the English pre .