Fourteenth
['fɔː'tiːnθ]
Definition
(noun.) position 14 in a countable series of things.
(adj.) coming next after the thirteenth in position .
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month.
(a.) Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be derived.
(n.) One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth.
(n.) The octave of the seventh.
Typist: Tim
Examples
- And why did Bretton and my fourteenth year haunt me thus? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This action, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'is expected to come on, on the fourteenth of next month. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It'll come on, in the settens after Term: fourteenth of Febooary, we expect; we've marked it a special jury cause, and it's only ten down the paper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ten years ago I bade them good-by; since my fourteenth year they and I had never met. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The contest in Europe from the fourteenth century onward therefore was a three-cornered contest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the three following days he remained perfectly well, and on the fourteenth day he went away to join Lucie and her husband. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Missing, it said, on the morning of the fourteenth, a gentleman named Hosmer Angel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were invented in the fourteenth century but were not much used until the fifteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Throughout the fourteenth century the papacy did nothing to recover its moral sway. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Robert B oyle (1626-1691), born at Castle Lismore in Ireland, was the seventh son and fourteenth child of the distinguished first Earl of Cork. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Brunel, in 1805-1808, devised a set of circular saws run by a steam engine, which cut sheets of rosewood and mahogany, one-fourteenth of an inch thick, with great speed and accuracy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The high seas called for the sailing ship, and in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries it appears, keeping its course by the compass and the stars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the fourteenth century the real history of the European literatures begins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The cross marks the spot where a celebrated troubadour was waylaid and murdered in the fourteenth century. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On the fourteenth, came Mr. Godfrey's answer. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Sinclair