Fifteenth

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS.
     f[imac]fte[=o][eth]a. See {Fifteen}.]
     1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of
        fifteen.
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     2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a
        thing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, n.
     1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a
        unit divided by fifteen.
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     2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on
        towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth
        part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had
        been valued at. --Burrill.
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     3. (Mus.)
        (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the
            diaposon.
        (b) An interval consisting of two octaves.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fifteenth
       adj : coming next after the fourteenth and just before the
             sixteenth in position [syn: {15th}]
       n : position 15 in a countable series of things

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FIFTEENTH, Eng. law. The name of a tax levied by authority of parliament for 
  the use of the king, which consisted of one-fifteenth part of the goods of 
  those who are subject to it. T. L