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figure of eight

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figure of eight

–noun
1. figure eight.
2. a knot resembling the figure 8.


Origin:
1595–1605

figure eight

–noun
a figure or form composed of two loops formed by a continuous line crossing itself, as in the figure 8, esp. as traced on ice in figure skating.
Also called figure of eight.


Origin:
1595–1605
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