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

  Fourteenth \Four"teenth`\, n.
     1. One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be
        divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen.
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     2. (Mus.) The octave of the seventh.


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     3. One next after the thirteenth in a series.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fourteenth \Four"teenth`\, a. [Cf. OE. fourtende, fourtethe, AS.
     fe['o]werteo[eth]a.]
     1. Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day
        of the month.
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     2. Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into
        which anything may be divided.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fourteenth
       adj : coming next after the thirteenth in position [syn: {14th}]
       n : position 14 in a countable series of things

















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