Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

-- Eider down. [Cf. Icel. æðardūn, Sw. eiderdūn, Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.

Ei"do·graph (?), n. [Gr. ? form + graph.] An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

Ei·do"lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? image. See Idol.] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W. Scott.

Eigh (?), interj. An exclamation expressing delight.

Eight (āt), n. [See Ait.] An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn.

Eight, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. ātta, Sw. åtta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. asztůni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. οκτω, Skr. ashan. √306. Cf. Octave.] Seven and one; as, eight years.

Eight (āt), n.

1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

Eight"een` (ā"tēn`), a. [AS. eahtatne, eahtatēne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty.] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

Eight"een`, n.

1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.

Eight`een"mo (?), a. & n. See Octodecimo.

Eight"eenth` (?), a. [From Eighteen.]