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forty-ninth
[ fawr-tee-nahynth ]
adjective
- next after the forty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 49.
- being one of 49 equal parts.
noun
- a forty-ninth part, especially of one (1/49).
- the forty-ninth member of a series.
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From the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies a new line, the forty-ninth parallel, was agreed upon in 1818.
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It is also correct to say that it was the fiftieth year because it was placed at the very end of the forty-ninth year.
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On the 21st of September, the forty-ninth day of the siege, General Drummond withdrew his forces.
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He came to me to be weighed on the forty-ninth day and weighed 127½ lbs.
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This last is the only occasion on which the two hands are together with the second hand "just past the forty-ninth second."
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