(Buddhism) Eight rules that are observed by lay Buddhists on observance days and festivals: to abstain from (i) taking life, (ii) taking what is not given, (iii) unchastity, (iv) false speech, (v) intoxicants which cause a careless frame of mind, (vi) taking food at the wrong time, (vii) dancing, music, visiting shows, flowers, make-up, the wearing of ornaments and decorations, and (viii) a tall, high sleeping place.

plural of figure of eight

(engineering, automotive) An engine with eight cylinders in one line or row. / (automotive) A vehicle, usually a large car, with an engine of this kind.

alternative form of figure of eight

(attributive) in the shape of an 8 (eight)

The cardinal number between seven thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and eight thousand and one.

plural of piece of eight

(music) The third of four eight-bar sections in thirty-two-bar-form (AABA-form) music.

Alternative form of eight-ball

plural of lazy eight