February
the name of the second month of the year. It contains in ordinary years, 28 days, and in bissextilis, or leap year, 29. By the calendar of Julius Cæsar, February had 29 days except in bissextile, or leap year, when it had 30. But Augustus took a day from it, and added it to his own month, August, that it might not have a less number of days than July, dedicated to Julius Cæsar. Previously August had been called Sextilis, and consisted of 30 days only.