octagon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OC'TAGON, noun [Gr. eight and angle.] 1. In geometry, a figure of eight sides and eight angles. When the sides and angles are equal, it is a regular octagon which may be inscribed in a circle. 2. In fortification, a place with eight bastions.
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