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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  six
       adj : denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units [syn: {6},
              {vi}, {half dozen}, {half a dozen}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: {6},
            {VI}, {sixer}, {sise}, {Captain Hicks}, {half a dozen},
           {sextet}, {sestet}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}]

















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