eighth

Etymology

From Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

adj

1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

noun

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

verb

1. to divide by eight
   The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective. 2013, Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking, page 31