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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIX, a. [L. sex;] Twice three; one more than five.
SIX, n. The number of six or twice three. To be at six and seven, or as more generally used, at sixes and sevens, is to be in disorder.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units [syn: six, 6, vi, half dozen, half-dozen] n
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad]
2: a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips [syn: six-spot, six]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from six, adjective, from Old English siex; akin to Old High German sehs six, Latin sex, Greek hex Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. the sixth in a set or series <the six of spades> 3. something having six units or members: as a. an ice-hockey team b. a 6-cylinder engine or automobile • six adjective • six pronoun, plural in construction

Britannica Concise

(French: "The Six") Group of young French composers in the 1920s. Named by the critic Henri Collet (1885-1951), the composers were A. Honegger, D. Milhaud, F. Poulenc, Georges Auric (1899-1983), Louis Durey (1888-1979), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983). Most of the group's members were attracted by the iconoclastic music of E. Satie, and they benefited from the promotion of J. Cocteau. As Les Six, they collaborated on a piano album and music for Cocteau's Les marié s de la tour Eiffel, then went their separate ways.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than five, or four less than ten; the product of two units and three units. 2 a symbol for this (6, vi, VI). 3 a size etc. denoted by six. 4 a set or team of six individuals. 5 Cricket a hit scoring six runs by clearing the boundary without bouncing. 6 the time of six o'clock (is it six yet?). 7 a card etc. with six pips. --adj. that amount to six. Phrases and idioms: at sixes and sevens in confusion or disagreement. knock for six colloq. utterly surprise or overcome (a person). the Six Counties the counties of N. Ireland. six-gun = six-shooter. six of one and half a dozen of the other a situation of little real difference between the alternatives. six-shooter a revolver with six chambers. Etymology: OE siex etc. f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Six 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sixes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Six is the number 6. ...a glorious career spanning more than six decades. NUM