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   fifth column
         n 1: a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in
               espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst [syn: {fifth
               column}, {Trojan horse}]

English Dictionary: fifth column by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifth columnist
n
  1. a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
    Synonym(s): fifth columnist, saboteur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifth cranial nerve
n
  1. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
    Synonym(s): trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, nervus trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fifth Crusade
n
  1. a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifties
n
  1. the decade from 1950 to 1959
    Synonym(s): fifties, 1950s
  2. the time of life between 50 and 60
    Synonym(s): fifties, mid- fifties
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifty-cent piece
n
  1. a United States coin worth half of a dollar [syn: {half dollar}, fifty-cent piece]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifty-eight
adj
  1. being eight more than fifty [syn: fifty-eight, 58, lviii]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifty-seven
adj
  1. being seven more than fifty [syn: fifty-seven, 57, lvii]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifty-six
adj
  1. being six more than fifty
    Synonym(s): fifty-six, 56, lvi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. --Shak.
  
            I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's
            place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {False quarter}, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot.
  
      {Fifth quarter}, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term.
  
      {On the quarter} (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and
            astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter.
           
  
      {Quarter aspect}. (Astrol.) Same as {Quadrate}.
  
      {Quarter back} (Football), the player who has position next
            behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap
            back.
  
      {Quarter badge} (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel
            near, the stern. --Mar. Dict.
  
      {Quarter bill} (Naut.), a list specifying the different
            stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of
            action, and the names of the men assigned to each.
  
      {Quarter block} (Naut.), a block fitted under the quarters of
            a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew
            lines and sheets are reeved. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
  
      {Quarter boat} (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter.
  
      {Quarter cloths} (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used
            to cover the quarter netting.
  
      {Quarter day}, a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the
            year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent,
            becomes due. In matters influenced by United States
            statutes, quarter days are the first days of January,
            April, July, and October. In New York and many other
            places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first
            days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter
            days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady
            Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of
            September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December
            (Christmas Day).
  
      {Quarter face}, in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face
            turned away so that but one quarter is visible.
  
      {Quarter gallery} (Naut.), a balcony on the quarter of a
            ship. See {Gallery}, 4.
  
      {Quarter gunner} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the
            gunner.
  
      {Quarter look}, a side glance. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
  
      {Quarter nettings} (Naut.), hammock nettings along the
            quarter rails.
  
      {Quarter note} (Mus.), a note equal in duration to half a
            minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet.
  
      {Quarter pieces} (Naut.), several pieces of timber at the
            after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail.
            --Totten.
  
      {Quarter point}. (Naut.) See {Quarter}, n., 1
            (n) .
  
      {Quarter railing}, [or] {Quarter rails} (Naut.), narrow
            molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the
            gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck.
  
      {Quarter sessions} (Eng. Law), a general court of criminal
            jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in
            counties and by the recorders in boroughs.
  
      {Quarter square} (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a
            number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to
            save labor in multiplying numbers.
  
      {Quarter turn}, {Quarter turn belt} (Mach.), an arrangement
            in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which
            are at right angles with each other.
  
      {Quarter watch} (Naut.), a subdivision of the full watch (one
            fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war.
  
      {To give}, [or] {show}, {quarter} (Mil.), to accept as
            prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as
            a vanquished enemy.
  
      {To keep quarter}. See {Quarter}, n., 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fifty \Fif"ty\, n.; pl. {Fifties}.
      1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.
  
      2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fifty Six, AR
      Zip code(s): 72533

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fifty-Six, AR (city, FIPS 23680)
      Location: 35.96040 N, 92.22992 W
      Population (1990): 156 (76 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fifth generation language
  
      A myth the Japanese spent
      a lot of money on.   In about 1982, {MITI} decided it would
      spend ten years and a lot of money applying {artificial
      intelligence} to programming, thus solving the {software
      crisis}.   The project spent its money and its ten years and in
      1992 closed down with a wimper.
  
      (1996-11-06)
  
  
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