A BAKER''S DOZEN DEFINITIONS - 2 definitions found
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens.
[OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze
twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two,
Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
with or without of before the substantive which follows.
``Some six or seven dozen of Scots.'' ``A dozen of shirts
to your back.'' ``A dozen sons.'' ``Half a dozen
friends.'' --Shak.
2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Baker \Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See Bake, v. i.]
1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.]
A baker's dozen, thirteen.
Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the
irritating properties of yeast.
Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used
instead of soda, in making bread.
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