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nouna figure or form composed of two loops formed by a continuous line crossing itself, as in the figure 8, especially as traced on ice in figure skating. Also called figure of eight. Origin of figure eightFirst recorded in 1595–1605 Words nearby figure eightfigure, figure and ground, figured, figured bass, figured glass, figure eight, figure eight suture, figure-ground, figure-ground phenomenon, figurehead, figure in Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for figure eightEven Slayer frontman Tom Araya announced in 2010 he was retiring his signature helicopter and figure-eight style thrashing. Doctors Say Motörhead Is So Hardcore, They Could Make Your Brain Bleed|Brandy Zadrozny|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST "Here's what's left of the hobbles the buckskin wore," he said, holding up the cut loops of a figure-eight rope hobble. The Heritage of the Sioux|B.M. Bower Sides, a double overcasting attached in figure-eight fashion to the sides, or a double selvage having from three to five cords. Oriental Rugs|Walter A. Hawley Use the figure-eight knot to make a knot on the end of a rope or to prevent the end of the strands from untwisting. On the Trail|Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard
In 1903 the Gordon-Bennett cup race was held in Ireland, over a course of 368 miles, twice around a figure-eight track. The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield Baby Fuzzy looked up disinterestedly, and then went back to trying to untie a figure-eight knot he had tied. Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper
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