Meaning of SIX
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- [n] the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- [adj] denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
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| | Synonyms: | | 6, 6, Captain Hicks, cardinal, half a dozen, half a dozen, half dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, sixer, vi, VI |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Six\, a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes,
OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth.
sa['i]hs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W.
chwech, L. sex, Gr. ??, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. [root]304.
Cf. {Hexagon}, {Hexameter}, {Samite}, {Senary}, {Sextant},
{Sice}.]
One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
{Six Nations} (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American
Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five
Nations.
{Six points circle}. (Geom.) See {Nine points circle}, under
{Nine}.
\Six\, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three
and three; six units or objects.
2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
{To be at six and seven} or {at sixes and sevens}, to be in
disorder. --Bacon. Shak. Swift.
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