fifty, fifti, fifftigh

& s. [A. S. fiftig: 0. Sax. fiftich; O. Fris. fiftich; fiftech; Dut. vijftig; O. H. Ger. fimfzug, finfzuc; Goth. fimftigjus; Icel. fimmtigi; Sw.femtio; Ger. funfzig.] A. As adj .: Five times ten. "A man haht him fifty penis." Metrical Homilies , p. 18. B. As substantive: 1. The number amounting to five times ten. "And they sat down in ranks of hundreds and by Afties ."- Mark vi. 40. 2. A symbol representing the number of five times ten; as 50, or L. *fifty-weight, s. Half a hundred-weight. "About fifty - weight of iron bolts." - Mayo: Kaloolah , p. 140.