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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

eight
     adj : being one more than seven [syn: 8, viii]
     n : the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: 8,
          VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad,
          octonary, octet]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Eight \Eight\, 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 \Eight\, n. [See Ait.]
   An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] ``Osiers on their
   eights.'' --Evelyn.
Eight \Eight\, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta,
   D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. [=a]tta, Sw. [*a]tta, Dan.
   otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. aszt?ni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth,
   Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. ?, Skr. ash?an. ????. Cf.
   Octave.]
   Seven and one; as, eight years.