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The Eight-Year Study was an experiment that tested how American progressive secondary schools would prepare their students for college when released from
Eight-Year_Study
American educator (1902–1994)
of portfolio assessment. Tyler headed the evaluation staff of the "Eight-Year Study" (1933–1941), a national program, involving 30 secondary schools and
Ralph_W._Tyler
Catholic school in Slovakia
and Grammar school of Sts. Cyril and Methodius (a four-year study programme and an eight-year study programme). Since 5 Sep 2016 Cirkevná spojená škola Humenné
Cirkevná spojená škola Humenné
Cirkevná_spojená_škola_Humenné
Private country day school in Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois, United States
group of 250 candidate schools in the U.S. chosen in 1933 for the Eight-Year Study: alternative admission standards for admission to 200 selective colleges
North Shore Country Day School
North_Shore_Country_Day_School
post-secondary education. Similar to the Eight-Year Study which was a precursor to the Secondary School Study, it questions what was necessary to increase
Secondary_School_Study
Quinquennial centralized economic plan
A five-year plan (FYP) is a type of economic development initiative originating in the Soviet Union in 1928 and later adopted by many other countries.
Five-year_plan
American organization dedicated to progressive education, 1919–1955
and launched three commissions into progressive school topics. The Eight-Year Study tested how American progressive secondary schools would prepare their
Progressive Education Association
Progressive_Education_Association
Prep school in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, US
School. From the 1930s into the early 1940s, Beaver was part of the Eight-Year Study, an educational experiment to test the efficacy of progressive education
Beaver_Country_Day_School
2015 American film by Quentin Tarantino
The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American Western mystery thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell
The_Hateful_Eight
Series of development initiatives by the CCP
November 2020. "China's top economic planner begins preliminary study of 15th Five-Year Plan". english.www.gov.cn. Retrieved 7 January 2025. Yao, Kevin;
Five-year_plans_of_China
Largest Canadian pension funds
In Canada, the Maple Eight are the eight largest pension funds. The investment approach used by the Maple-8 is known globally as the 'Canadian model'
Maple_Eight
Chinese economic development plan (1991–1995)
The 8th Five-Year Plan, officially the Ten-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the 8th Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of
8th_Five-Year_Plan_(China)
American educator (1886–1979)
with the Progressive Education Association. His role and work in the Eight-Year Study led to the formation of a second commission which he chaired: the Commission
V._T._Thayer
Independently-managed public schools
September 17, 2009. 2013 CREDO Stanford study (PDF) (Report). 2013. p. 3. Welch, Mathew (Winter 2011). "Eight-year study and charter legitimacy". Journal of
Charter schools in the United States
Charter_schools_in_the_United_States
Mint chocolates made by Nestlé
Castleford factory in 2012, with over one billion After Eights produced every year. After Eights were originally made from dairy-free dark chocolate. In
After_Eight
1932–1972 human experiment in Alabama, United States
Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male (informally referred to as the Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a study conducted
Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study
Experimental American buildings
the publication of Case Study House #10. The program announcement called for each house to be open to the public for six to eight weeks upon the conclusion
Case_Study_Houses
Coalition of Australian tertiary institutions
The Group of Eight (Go8 or G8) comprises Australia's most research intensive universities (in alphabetical order) – Adelaide University, the Australian
Group_of_Eight_(Australia)
1999 novel by Daniel Handler
final year of high school and Flannery's complicated love life. The story reaches a dark conclusion in which lives of the members of the Basic Eight are
The_Basic_Eight
Overview of the exploration of the planet Jupiter and its moons
high-gain radio transmitting antenna failed. The major events during the eight-year study included multiple flybys of all of the Galilean moons, as well as Amalthea
Exploration_of_Jupiter
American educational psychologist
Alan Kridel; John I. Goodlad; Robert V. Bullough (2007). Stories of the Eight-year Study. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7053-4. Montclair State University
Caroline_Beaumont_Zachry
American basketball player (born 1990)
in college, he graduated with a degree in communication studies at the end of his senior year. Green was selected with the 35th overall pick in the 2012
Draymond_Green
2013 memoir by Joe Muto
An Atheist in the FOXhole: A Liberal's Eight-Year Odyssey Inside the Heart of the Right-Wing Media is a 2013 memoir by Joe Muto, a man with liberal political
An_Atheist_in_the_FOXhole
Golf tour in the United States
remainder of the 2009 season. Sky Sports regained the TV rights with an eight-year deal from 2010 to 2017. In South Korea, SBS, which has been the tour's
PGA_Tour
American sociologist
as traditional heads of households, did not. He then conducted an eight-year study of the effects of unemployment in local New Haven, Connecticut, and
E._Wight_Bakke
Largest global accounting networks
professional services was dominated by eight firms, which were accordingly nicknamed the Big Eight. The Big Eight consisted of Arthur Andersen, Arthur Young
Big_Four_accounting_firms
Group of eunuchs who controlled the Zhengde Emperor (1505-21) of Ming-dynasty China
The Eight Tigers (Chinese: 八虎; pinyin: Bā Hǔ), sometimes referred to as the Gang of Eight (八黨), were a powerful group of eunuchs that controlled the Chinese
Eight_Tigers
Men's college basketball team
men's basketball tournament was in 1990, where they advanced to the Elite Eight. They lost to eventual national champion UNLV. Prior to the NCAA tournament
Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball
Loyola_Marymount_Lions_men's_basketball
1971 psychological experiment
expert witness in Frederick's court martial. The trial resulted in an eight-year prison sentence for Frederick in 2004. Zimbardo drew from his participation
Stanford_prison_experiment
Polish footballer (born 1988)
on a free transfer. In Munich, he won the Bundesliga title in all of his eight seasons at the club and was integral in their Champions League win in 2019–20
Robert_Lewandowski
1871–1872 novel by George Eliot
Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight paper-bound instalments
Middlemarch
Defendants in a 1969–70 trial
The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants—Rennie Davis, David Dellinger
Chicago_Seven
Patanjali's classification of classical yoga
romanized: aṣṭāṅgayoga, "eight limbs of yoga") is Pātañjali's classification of classical yoga, as set out in his Yoga Sūtras. He defined the eight limbs as yama
Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga)
Ashtanga_(eight_limbs_of_yoga)
Season of television series
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (BLEACH 千年血戦篇, Burīchi Sennen Kessen-hen), also known as Bleach: The Blood Warfare, is a Japanese anime television series
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
Bleach:_Thousand-Year_Blood_War
Fictional character created by Charlaine Harris
"Mystery Wheel" umbrella series. In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian at the Lawrenceton
Aurora_Teagarden
Traditional Chinese holiday
every year" (simplified Chinese: 年年有余; traditional Chinese: 年年有餘; pinyin: niánnián yǒu yú) sounds the same as "let there be fish every year". Eight individual
Chinese_New_Year
Military and administrative divisions of the Qing dynasty
tribes into the Eight Banner system. In 1635, Hong Taiji, son of Nurhaci, renamed his people from Jurchen to Manchu. That same year the Mongols were
Eight_Banners
Names of numbers in English
example, it is inelegant to write, "Between day twelve and day 15 of the study, the population doubled." Colloquial English's small vocabulary of empty
English_numerals
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
nuclear weapons, including how they might be delivered. After a year's worth of study, in spring 1952, Oppenheimer wrote the draft report of Project GABRIEL
J._Robert_Oppenheimer
Social movement to regulate the length of the working day
workers' parties, decided that the following year, workers would demonstrate on May 1 to demand the eight-hour day. The red leather triangle was adopted
Eight-hour_day_movement
American actor (born 1992)
one year. Initially interested in studying film and television production, he decided to enroll instead in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, pursuing
Cole_Sprouse
Married couple of British evolutionary biologists
degree in Zoology. For the next year, she studied genetics under Conrad Waddington and later devised a dissertation to study isolated populations of fish
Peter_and_Rosemary_Grant
American football player (born 1986)
professional football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning unanimous
Michael_Oher
Undergraduate educational qualification
study, which typically represents an average of 15 hours of weekly instruction per four-month semester, two semesters per year, for a total of eight semesters
Bachelor's_degree
1944–1945 US medical experiment
Minnesota Starvation-Recovery Experiment and the Starvation Study, was a clinical study performed at the University of Minnesota between November 19
Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment
Military unit
articles 陈佳华; 傅克东 (1981). ""Bāqí hàn jūn kǎo lüè"" 《八旗汉军考略》 [A Study of the Han Chinese Eight Banners]. 《民族研究》 (in Chinese) (5). 中国社会科学院民族研究所. 谢景芳 (1986)
Han_Chinese_Eight_Banners
California health study
healthy body weight. Sleeping seven to eight hours per night. Limiting consumption of alcoholic drinks. Another study of the Alameda cohort suggests that
Alameda_County_Study
2017 film by F. Gary Gray
2017. Retrieved December 21, 2019. "2017 Feature Film Study" (PDF). FilmL.A. Feature Film Study: 25. August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on
The_Fate_of_the_Furious
Military unit
Studies on China. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1-282-35656-6. Elliott, Mark C. (2006). The Manchu way: the eight banners
Mongol_Eight_Banners
Phase of higher education
dissertation for a two-year programme. The academic year for an Australian postgraduate programme is typically two semesters (eight months of study). Requirements
Postgraduate_education
8th episode of the 5th season of Stranger Things
"Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up" is the series finale of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things. The eighth episode
Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up
Chapter_Eight:_The_Rightside_Up
with simvastatin for up to eight years was published in 2000. Ten years after the start of the 4S trial, a follow-up study published on 28 August 2004
Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study
Scandinavian_Simvastatin_Survival_Study
1997 crime drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds
One Eight Seven (also known as 187) is a 1997 American crime drama thriller film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was the first top-billed starring role
One_Eight_Seven
Academic journal
peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers eight times a year in the field of communication studies. The editor-in-chief is Cees J. Hamelink (University
International Communication Gazette
International_Communication_Gazette
and directed another commercially successful Western film, The Hateful Eight (2015), whose screenplay was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe
Quentin_Tarantino_filmography
Figure-eight-shaped curve
case. Analemma, the figure-eight shaped curve traced by the noontime positions of the sun in the sky over the course of a year Infinity symbol Lemniscates
Lemniscate
Japanese epic novel (yomihon) by Kyokutei Bakin
course of twenty-eight years (1814–42). Set in the Muromachi period (c. 1336-1573), the story follows the adventures and mishaps of eight fictional warriors
Nansō_Satomi_Hakkenden
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1986–2002)
Preakness, and the Breeders' Cup Classic. However, Easy Goer prevailed by eight lengths in the Belmont, denying Sunday Silence the Triple Crown. Both horses
Sunday_Silence
Canadian jazz singer and pianist (born 1964)
jazz singer to have had eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. She has won two Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also
Diana_Krall
American psychological scientist and neuroscientist
sidetracked her from a clinical career. As a graduate student, she failed eight times to replicate a simple experiment, finally realizing that her seeming
Lisa_Feldman_Barrett
American mass murderer (1941–1991)
(December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence by stabbing, strangling
Richard_Speck
Solar calendar
longer than eight mean Julian years. The length of nineteen years in the cycle of Meton was 6,940 days, six hours longer than the mean Julian year. The mean
Julian_calendar
Eight-stage model of psychoanalytic development
Erikson, is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
Erikson's_stages_of_psychosocial_development
common series of past-life incidents. Scientology describes itself as the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others, and all of
Scientology beliefs and practices
Scientology_beliefs_and_practices
Postgraduate center in New Jersey, US
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It
Institute_for_Advanced_Study
Unit of digital information, usually 8 bits
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single
Byte
Group of eight American universities
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference of eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. It participates
Ivy_League
Scientific study of matter's behavior and properties
is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies matter: composition
Chemistry
American politician (born 1984)
to be listed as "Trayon 'WardEight' White". White later explained that friends began calling him by the nickname "WardEight" on Facebook, and he intended
Trayon_White
Japanese boy band
the year 2006, their sound and style has become a mix of pop and rock. Like the rest of the acts managed under Johnny & Associates, Super Eight also
Super_Eight_(group)
Collegiate athletics conference operating primarily in the southeastern United States
Orange Bowl at least three out of the eight seasons that it does not host a semifinal for the Playoff over a 12-year span. Notre Dame may be chosen the other
Southeastern_Conference
Score from a test designed to assess intelligence
effect. A study of Norwegian military conscripts' test records found that IQ scores have been falling for generations born after the year 1975, and that
Intelligence_quotient
First five-year plan (2001–2005) commences List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan "National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)".
National Institute for Environmental Studies
National_Institute_for_Environmental_Studies
American actor
him his first movie role, in The Baby Maker, released the same year. Glenn spent eight years in Los Angeles, acting in small roles in films and doing
Scott_Glenn
American filmmaker (born 1963)
(November 17, 2022). "Quentin Tarantino Reveals Plans to Shoot an Eight-Episode TV Series Next Year". Variety. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022
Quentin_Tarantino
American actress (born 1980)
in the Los Angeles area. She graduated from UCLA in 2002, and went on to study acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse (performing in plays with the organization's
Fiona_Gubelmann
Modern calendar era
the Alexandrian monk Annianus around the year AD 400, placing the Annunciation on 25 March AD 9 (Julian)—eight to ten years after the date that Dionysius
Anno_Domini
Species of owl
the barred owl is sometimes colloquially referred to as Old Eight-Hooter. At 80% of study posts in Virginia, barred owls responded to playback of this
Barred_owl
Non-profit inter-government treaty organization in Southeast Asia
SEARCA or the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture is one of the oldest among 26 specialist institutions of
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
Southeast_Asian_Regional_Center_for_Graduate_Study_and_Research_in_Agriculture
Academic journal
Established in March 2001, United Kingdom publisher Routledge publishes eight issues a year. This journal advocates for original submissions based on the social
Feminist_Media_Studies
Earth's highest mountain
subsequent death. — Mortality on Mount Everest, 1921–2006: descriptive study A 2008 study noted that the "death zone" is indeed where most Everest deaths occur
Mount_Everest
1980 film by David Lynch
and Other Reminiscences (1923) and Ashley Montagu's The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity (1971), incorporating both historical and fictionalized
The_Elephant_Man_(1980_film)
Book series
Cistercian Studies (abbreviated CS; ISSN 0578-3224) is a series of books published by Liturgical Press (formerly Cistercian Publications). The main focus
Cistercian_Studies
Christian apostle and missionary (c. 5 – c. 64/65)
empowered men as the head of the household. The Staggs present a serious study of what has been termed the New Testament domestic code, also known as the
Paul_the_Apostle
British educational qualifications
examiners 'very impressed' after results study". The Times (London, England) (63169): 6. 25 August 1988. "Seven-year-old Thomas Barnes 'youngest' student
GCSE
Series of paintings by Vincent van Gogh
his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions. About eight months later, van Gogh hoped to welcome and impress Gauguin again with Sunflowers
Sunflowers_(Van_Gogh_series)
Period of study in an educational institution
An academic year, or school year, is a period that schools, colleges and universities use to measure the duration of studies for a given educational level
Academic_year
Vietnam War–era American multi-service special operations unit
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, joint special operations unit which conducted
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group
Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam_–_Studies_and_Observations_Group
Australian actor
scholarship to study political science at Montreal's McGill University, where he earned a B.A. in Political Sciences and Cultural Studies. Returning to
David_Berry_(actor)
Public health crisis in Flint, Michigan
sentinel sites had results above the 15 ppb limit. Eight of the samples exceeded 100 ppb. A 2017 study showed that significantly more samples exceeded the
Flint_water_crisis
British actress
School of Theatre in Manchester in 1990, where she got a degree in theatre studies. Her best known work is as Maxine Peacock in the long-running soap opera
Tracy_Shaw
Second planet from the Sun
and the Moon, when the Sun becomes a red giant in approximately seven or eight billion years. The Venusian surface was a subject of speculation until some
Venus
Notional club occupied by those who died at age 27
2011 study in the British Medical Journal found that the risk of death for musicians at the age of 27 was the same as for ages 25 and 32. The study noted
27_Club
American rock band
38 Special (often stylized as .38 Special or spelled out as Thirty-eight Special) is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1974 by
38_Special_(band)
American basketball coach (born 1970)
honored as NBA Coach of the Year for leading the Cavaliers to a team-record and league-best 66 wins in 2009. The following year, they won 61 games, again
Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)
Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)
Feral child found in 18th-century France
was captured multiple times, running away from civilization approximately eight times. Eventually, his case was taken up by a physician, Jean Marc Gaspard
Victor_of_Aveyron
American filmmaker (born 1966)
family to Los Angeles when he was five. He made his first film at the age of eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. Reeves met and befriended
Matt_Reeves
American primatologist (1932–1985)
American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied
Dian_Fossey
Statistics on rape and other sexual assaults
in a 2011 study. 4.6% had been raped in the past year. 3.9% of 613 men had been raped in their lifetimes and 4.2% had raped in the past year. In Brazil
Rape_statistics
Events that occurred before a given time point
that joy does not necessarily come from wealth. The past is the object of study within such fields as time, life, history, nostalgia, archaeology, archaeoastronomy
Past
EIGHT YEAR-STUDY
EIGHT YEAR-STUDY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English gere ‘fit of passion’ (see Geary 3).German : possibly an altered spelling of Gier.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hight.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Short.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : presumably a nickname for a strong man.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant spelling of Yeo.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places in northern France named with the Germanic element lÄr ‘clearing’.English : variant of Layer.English : nickname from Old English hlÄ“or ‘cheek’, ‘face’Irish : reduced Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’, ‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer.
Boy/Male
Indian
Near and Dear One
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a happy, cheerful person, from Middle English lyght, Old English lēoht ‘light’ (not dark), ‘bright’, ‘cheerful’.English : nickname for someone who was busy and active, from Middle English lyght, Old English līoht ‘light’ (not heavy), ‘nimble’, ‘quick’. The two words lēoht and līoht were originally distinct, but they were confused in English from an early period.English : nickname for a small person, from Middle English lite, Old English l̄t ‘little’, influenced by lyght as in 1 and 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pe(e)re ‘pear’ (Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum), a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of pears, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree or pear orchard.English : nickname from Middle English pere ‘peer’, ‘companion’ (Old French pe(e)r, from Latin par ‘equal’).Jewish : Americanization of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname; e.g. possibly a shortened form of a surname such as Pearl, Pearlman, or Pearlstein.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wight.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Near and Dear One
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English nickname Bere meaning ‘bear’ (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or possibly from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with this first element. Compare for example Bernhard. The bear has generally been regarded with a mixture of fear and amusement because of its strength and unpredictable temper on the one hand and its clumsy gait on the other, and in the medieval period it was also thought to typify the sins of sloth and gluttony. All these characteristics are no doubt reflected in the nickname. Throughout the Middle Ages the bear was a familiar figure in popular entertainments such as bear baiting and dancing bears.English : variant spelling of the habitational name Beer.Probably a translation of cognates of 1 in other languages, for example German Baer, and also an Americanized spelling of German Bahr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a locksmith, Middle English keyere, kayer, Old English cǣgere, from cǣg ‘key’ (see Care).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a sociable person, from Middle English fe(a)re ‘comrade’, ‘companion’ (Old English (ge)fēra).English : nickname for a proud or haughty person, from Middle English fere ‘proud’ (Old French fier).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : variant of Sayer.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived by the Wear river in northern England. The river name is ancient, occuring in the form Vedra in Ptolemy’s Geographia; it is probably a Celtic word meaning ‘water’.English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived near a dam or weir, a variant spelling of Ware 1, or a habitational name from a place called Weare, in Devon and Somerset, from Old English wær, wer ‘weir’.
Male
Polish
Polish form of Slavic Bozidar, BOŻYDAR means "divine gift."
Boy/Male
Australian, German
Bear; Courageous
EIGHT YEAR-STUDY
EIGHT YEAR-STUDY
Girl/Female
Teutonic French German
Strong.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
To Open Up
Boy/Male
Arabic, Christian
Hump of a Camel; Hard; Stony Region
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Kurdish, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Sindhi, Telugu
Flower; Rose; Bouquet
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful Girl of Forest
Boy/Male
Tamil
Love
Boy/Male
Muslim
Hot, Bright
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek
Pure
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Old Norse Þorsteinn, TORSTI means "Thor's stone."
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Free.
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n.
Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.
superl.
Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
v. t.
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
a.
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.
a.
Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years.
n.
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
superl.
Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
v. t.
To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
n.
The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
n.
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
adv.
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
v. t.
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
n.
The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.
n.
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
a.
Seven and one; as, eight years.
n.
A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.
a.
Eight times ten; fourscore.
n.
A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.