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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Nineteenth

Nīne'teenth, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. nigonteódha, nigontôdha.] 1. Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen of the same class.

Sense 2. Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which any thing is divided.

Nine'teenth, n.

noun

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts.

  1. The next in order after the eighteenth; the ninth after the tenth.
  2. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a fifth. Moore.