'Six' definitions:
Definition of 'six'
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Definition of 'Six'
From: GCIDE
- Six \Six\, n.
- 1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Six'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Six'
- Ninety Six,
- Six Mile,
- Six Nations,
- To be at six and seven,
- To be at sixes and sevens,
- deep six,
- eighty six,
- six pack,
- six shooter,
- six times,
- Fifty-Six,
- Ninety Six, SC,
- Six Mile, SC,
- Six points circle,
- Six-footer,
- Six-shooter,
- deep-six,
- eighty-six,
- forty-six,
- give it the deep six,
- ninety-six,
- seventy-six,
- six day war,
- six-fold,
- six-gun,
- six-membered,
- six-pack,
- six-pointed,
- six-sided,
- six-spot,
- sixty-six,
- thirty-six,
- twenty-six,
- Fifty-Six, AR,
- six of one and half a dozen of the other,
- six-day war,
- six-gilled shark,
- six-lined racerunner