Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

October

October , noun

[Latin, the eighth month of the primitive Roman year, which began in March, from octo eight: compare French Octobre. See Octave.]

1.
The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
2.
Ale or cider made in that month.
The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they called October. — Emerson