eighth

IPA: ˈeɪtθ

The person or thing in the eighth position.
One of eight equal parts of a whole.
(slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.

Examples of "eighth" in Sentences

When I was in eighth grade, she and my father had tried to quit drinking.
When I was in eighth grade I was shorter than every girl in the seventh grade.
"Under such conditions," said I, "what we call the eighth commandment would be superfluous."
Herodotus thought Homer lived "the day before yesterday" because he belonged to what we call the eighth century.
[1456] The argument here is due to a misapprehension of the meaning of the term eighth in Psalm vi. and xi.title. cf.n. on De Sp.S. S: 66.
The film, featuring Best Actor contender Jeff Bridges, expanded into 819 theatres nationwide, earning an estimated $3.6 million in eighth place or a 58% increase over last week.
I would now lead my companion a little closer to what the apostle says in the nineteenth verse; to come closer, if we may, to the idea that burned in his heart when he wrote what we call the eighth chapter of his epistle to the Romans.
The eighth is not merely one of the seven restored, but a new power or person proceeding out of the seven, and at the same time embodying all the God-opposed features of the previous seven concentrated and consummated; for which reason there are said to be not eight, but only seven heads, for the eighth is the embodiment of all the seven.