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(1):

(n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.

(2):

(n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.

(3):

(n.) The whole diatonic scale itself.

(4):

(n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

(5):

(a.) Consisting of eight; eight.

(6):

(n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Octave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/octave.html. 1828.
 
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