Twelfths

As the share of Charles falls in through his death, we have merely to divide the whole hundred acres between Alfred and Benjamin in the proportion of one-third to one-fourth -- that is in the proportion of four-twelfths to three-twelfths, which is the same as four to three. ❋ Henry Ernest Dudeney (1893)

Using lightly greased kitchen shears or a lightly greased, large sharp knife, cut the slab crosswise into twelfths and lengthwise unto eighths to form generous 1-inch marshmallows. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was hard to fathom that one-year-olds were so different from two-year-olds that, instead of just rounding up or down, every year had to be divided into twelfths. ❋ Amy Yasbeck (2010)

Offspring Semi and her family, Mister Semi and little LTB, aged three and eleven/twelfths came down the interstate to the Fairegarden for some family fun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The capital stock of the company was divided in 1621, with seven twelfths for the Compagnie de Caën and five twelfths for members of the old Compagnie of Rouen and Saint-Malo. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

The British fineness standard remained eleven-twelfths 91.67% gold. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Spanish adopted the eleven-twelfths fine 91.67% standard for gold coins in 1536. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From these reservoirs the water was distributed to the public through routes more or less circuitous and left the cisterns through pipes, the diameter of which was reckoned in either twelfths or sixteenths of a Roman foot. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And T. Livius says that, after taking Veii, they sent a colony there and distributed to each three and seven-twelfths [3 7/12] ❋ Unknown (2003)

But it would be communal profit: the surplus would be divided five twelfths to labor, four twelfths to capital, and three twelfths to “ability,” and everybody would be urged to become a part owner as well as a fellow worker. ❋ Robert L. Heilbroner (1999)

The revolt originated in the poll tax, economic distress caused by cattle and crop diseases, and above all in the alienation of over two million acres of good farmland, representing five-twelfths of the Zulu country, to white sugar planters in Igo4. ❋ Ray Esther (1969)

Fantastically complicated rules were devised for ascertaining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the planets and zodiacal signs; and new subdivisions of the signs — horās or halves, saptāṃśas or sevenths, and most importantly, navāṃśas or ninths — increased the dominions of the planets beyond the decans, the fines, and the twelfths. ❋ DAVID PINGREE (1968)

While Mr. Quekett was quoting Andrew Ross, the most famous of the three opticians referred to, as calling "135° the largest angular pencil that can be passed through a microscopic object-glass," Mr. Spencer was actually making twelfths with an angle of more than 170°. ❋ Various (N/A)

"On 16th April 1582 the kirk-session (which for some time was designated the 'Assembly') ordained their box-master to give the witch in the Tolbooth eight doits (eight twelfths of a penny sterling) in the day." ❋ James Grant (N/A)

Asked how much ten-twelfths of a year was, he said: "Three months, three and two days." ❋ Bernard Glueck (N/A)

England telling him he was thirty-two years, ten-twelfths and two days old, or thirty-two years, two months, two weeks, and two days. ❋ Bernard Glueck (N/A)

The whole profits of the community are first to be divided into three portions; one for capital, one for labour, and one for talent -- say four-twelfths for capital, five-twelfths for labour, and three-twelfths for talent. ❋ Various (N/A)

[Just don't] [say] twelfth. It's [disgusting]. ❋ FonekRucke (2010)

Yeah I hit [twelfth base] last night. The [funeral] will be held this Saturday and the [cops] are still after me. ❋ Ljfox4 (2009)

❋ Davis Longfellow (2003)

Steve: Man I fucked Katie so hard last night that she died while cumming. [Aneesh]: Really, [twelfth base]? How was her funeral? Steve: I got to [thirteenth base] at it. ❋ Steve From Canada (1) (2010)

"If music be [the food] of love, [play on]!" - [Twelfth night], I.i ❋ Romanshoes (2007)

[You came] at the twelfth hour. [Everybody] has [already] left for home. ❋ Uttam Maharjan (2010)

[Lecturer]: We'll be performing Twelfth Night in three weeks time... *Students make a little effort to read it (because none have even looked at this demi-play before), but only get to the end of act one because it's so [dull] and [unfunny]* Student 1: Group suicide? All students: Sure. *Death* ❋ TCC - 2011 (2011)

[guy a]: dude, [i did it] w/my gf [guy b]: how much? guy a: twelfth base guy b: wtf ❋ Subscribe To Me On Youtube Pls (2018)

The [twelfth Imam] is a possible female [Muslim] [Antichrist]. ❋ ScienceBurt (2020)

"If food be [the fool] of love, play on" -the [duke], [twelfth night] ❋ The Real Lapis Lazuli (2019)