the eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.-the eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. -the whole diatonic scale itself.-the first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.-a small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.-consisting of eight; eight.