Utas

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

  Utas \U"tas\, n. [OF. huitieves, witieves, witaves, oitieves,
     pl. of huitieve, witieve, etc., eighth, L. octavus. See
     {Octave}, n.] [Written also {utis}.]
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     1. (O. Eng. Law) The eighth day after any term or feast; the
        octave; as, the utas of St. Michael. --Cowell.


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              The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in
              the utas of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned.
                                                    --Holinshed.
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     2. Hence, festivity; merriment. [Obs.] --Shak.
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