SIX

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
n.

The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

3.
n.

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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