eightscore ( gh silent)

& 8. [Eng. eight, and score.] A. As adj .: Containing eight times twenty, or one hundred and sixty. B. As subst.: One hundred and sixty. êigh-tỹ, *eigh-tie ( gh silent), a. & s. [A. S. eahtatig .] A. As adj .: Containing eight times ten. B. As substantive: 1. The number containing eight times ten. "Among all other climacterics three are most remarkable; that is, seven times seven, or forty-nine, nin times nine, or eighty -one; and seven times nine, or the year sixty-three, which is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality."-Browne: Vulgar Errors . 2. A symbol representing eighty units; as 80 or 1xxx. *êigne ( g silent), a. [O. Fr. aisne , ainsne , from Lat. ante before, and Fr. né =Lat. nat us =born.] 1. Eldest; first-born. 2. Unalienable, as being entailed on the eldest son. eis-tedd-fod (pron. I-stěth-vōd), s . [Wel.=an a embly.] A congre or se ion for the election of chief bards, called together for the first time at Caerwys, by virtue of a commi ion granted by Queen Elizabeth, May 26th, 1568. Eisteddvodau have been since held in various places at uncertain intervals, but of late years have been held annually at certain places publicly notified previously. The most notable one of recent years was held in Chicago during the Columbian Exposition. The object is the encouragement of native poetry and music. *eit, s . [AIT.] either (pron. e-ther or i-ther), *ai-ther, *a-ther, *ay-ther, *ey-ther, a., or pron. & conj. [A. S. ægther , a contr. of aghwæther , itself a compound of d+ge+hwæther, where a=aye, ge is a common prefix, and hwæther =Eng. whether: cogn. with Dut. ieder ; O. H. Ger. éowedar; M. H. Ger. ieweder; Ger. jeder .] A. As adjective or pronoun : 1. One or the other of two persons or things. 'Afterward as victory inclined to either part, it belonged eft to the Lace demon i ans, and eft to the A then i ans."-Goldyng: Justine, fol. 45. 2. Each of two. "With his own likene placed on either knee." Cowper: Tirocinium, 320. 3. Both of two. "So burly the big bru hit togedur, That backe to the bent borne were thai aither ." Destruction of Troy, 11,059, 11,060. 4. Any one of any number more than two. "Henry VIII., Francis I., and Charles V. were so provident, as scarce a palm of ground could be got en by either of the three, but that the other two would set the balance of Europe upright again."- Bacon . B. As conj .: A disjunctive conjunction used before the first of two or more propositions or alternatives, as correlative to, and followed by or . " Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perhaps he sleepeth."-1 Kings xviii. 27. eith-ly, a. [Eng.eath; -ly .] Easily. ""It's travelled earth that,' said Edie, 'it howks sae eithly.' " -Scott : Antiquary , ch. xxiii. e-jăc-u-lāte, v . t . & i. [Lat. ejaculatus , pa. par. of ejaculo to cast out: e = ex =out, and jaculo to cast; jaculum = a mi ile, jacio =to cast, to throw.] A. Transitive : *1. Lit .: To throw, shoot, cast, or dart out. "Its active rays, ejaculated thence, Irradiate all the wide circumference." Black more: Creation, bk. i. B. Intransitive : ejaculated 1. Lit.: To shoot or dart out. "Which far and near ejaculate , and spout O'er tea and coffee, poison to the rout." Young Epistle to Pope. 2. Fig .: To exclaim; to utter ejaculations. e-jăc-u-lat-ěd, pa . par . or a . [EJACULATE.] e-jăc-u-lāt-ing, pr . par . , a . & s. [EJACULATE.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of exclaiming suddenly and briefly; ejaculation.