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.
Six (?), a. [AS. six, seox,
siex; akin to OFries.
sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G.
sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. saíhs,
Lith. szeszi, Russ.
sheste, Gael. & Ir.
se, W. chwech, L. sex, Gr. &?;&?;, Per.
shesh, Skr. shash. √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.
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