six

six
    adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
           [syn: {six}, {6}, {vi}, {half dozen}, {half-dozen}]
    n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn:
         {six}, {6}, {VI}, {sixer}, {sise}, {Captain Hicks}, {half a
         dozen}, {sextet}, {sestet}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}]
    2: a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six
       pips [syn: {six-spot}, {six}]
    

Six \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.
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   {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}.
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Six \Six\, n.
   1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three
      and three; six units or objects.
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   2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
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   {To be at six and seven} or {To be at sixes and sevens},
      (a) to be in disorder. --Bacon. --Shak. --Swift.
      (b) to be in a dispute or disagreement; -- often used with
          with.
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