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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Six \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: six adj : denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units [syn: {6}, {vi}, {half dozen}, {half a dozen}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: {6}, {VI}, {sixer}, {sise}, {Captain Hicks}, {half a dozen}, {sextet}, {sestet}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}]
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