Forty

·adj Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.

II. Forty ·noun The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.

III. Forty ·noun A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.

Forty-niner
·add. ·noun One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an <<Argonaut>>. ...

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Forty-spot
·noun The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus). ...

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forty-legs
n. name given to a millipede, Cermatia smithii. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
forty-spot
n. name for a bird,a Pardalote (q.v.). Pardalote itself meansspotted «like the pard.» See also Diam...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
forty-thieves
A name given to forty line-of-battle ships ordered by the Admiralty at one fell swoop, to be built b...

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