English Dictionary: fifty-one | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifteen \Fif"teen`\, a. [OE. fiftene, AS. f[c6]ft[ymac]ne, f[c6]ft[emac]ne. See {Five}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Fifty}.] Five and ten; one more than fourteen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifteen \Fif"teen`\, n. 1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects. 2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. f[c6]fte[omac][edh]a. See {Fifteen}.] 1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen. 2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, n. 1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen. 2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. --Burrill. 3. (Mus.) (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of two octaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Monarchy \Mon"arch*y\, n.; pl. {Monarchies}. [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. [?]. See {Monarch}.] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. 2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. --Macaulay. 3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. --Shak. {Fifth monarchy}, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See {Fifth Monarchy men}, under {Fifth}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifth \Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[c6]fta. See {Five}.] 1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five. 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. {Fifth monarchy men} (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. {Fifth wheel}, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Five-twenties \Five`-twen"ties\, n. pl. Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fifth normal form {database normalisation} |