October
[ɒk'təʊbə] or [ɑk'tobɚ]
Definition
(n.) The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
(n.) Ale or cider made in that month.
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Definition
n. the eighth month of the Roman year which began in March: the tenth month in our calendar.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To imagine you are in October is ominous of gratifying success in your undertakings. You will also make new acquaintances which will ripen into lasting friendships.
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Examples
- It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This accident caused some delay, but the other tubes were in the meantime progressing, and the completed bridge was opened for public traffic on the 21st of October, 1850. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Towards the end of October it dwindled away, and was in some degree replaced by a typhus, of hardly less virulence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- On the 26th day of October we arrived at the metropolis, called in their language _Lorbrulgrud_, or Pride of the Universe. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It will probably be the 5th of October before any of the plans herein indicated will be executed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He died in Paris, October, 1879, not twenty years of age. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Your old October was only desirable while forbidden. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Engaged since October,secretly engaged. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Until October 21, 1879, there was nothing in existence resembling our modern incandescent lamp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The use of gauze screens was first described by Fox Talbot in British patent No. 565, October 29, 1852. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I should like a little, said Paulina, looking up; I never had any 'old October:' is it sweet? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The principal United States patent on the long kiln was issued October 24, 1905, No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He set up an experimental line in 1835, and got his French patent October 30, 1838, and his first United States patent June 20, 1840, No. 1647. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Boston had already heard of Morse’s success in London when he reached home in October, 1815. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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