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A word of six syllables.

Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.

Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.

The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.

A stanza of six lines; a sestine.

A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.

The sixth part of a circle.

Of the sixth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.)

Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.

with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.

A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

Six times as much; sixfold.

A measure of about six inches. [Obs.]

-- Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.

Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.

lied to the cat- fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.

bstitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. Shak. Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat. Sir W. Scott.

f a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. Mortimer. Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. Shak.