† ˈfourscorth, a. Obs.
[f. fourscore a.: see -th1.]
Eightieth.
| 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. xlv. 1 In the fowerscorthe Psalme, there is put y⊇ plurall nomber (Lillyes). 1587 ― De Mornay viii. 100 What euidentnesse or certeintie is there in the Greeke histories afore the fourescorth Olympiade. 1657 North's Plutarch Add. Lives (1676) 2 (Constantine) Great Britain, of which he was the fourscorth King. 1713 Addison Guardian No. 137 ¶7 An Aunt..who..is supposed to have died a Maid in the fourscorth Year of her Age. |