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Webster 1913 Edition

Dozen

Doz′en

(dŭz′’n)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Dozen
(before another noun),
Dozens
(dŭz′’nz)
.
[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 1828 Edition

Dozen

DOZEN

,
Adj.
Duzn. [G.] Twelve in number, applied to things of the same kind, but rarely or never to that number in the abstract. We say, a dozen men; a dozen pair of gloves. It is a word much used in common discourse and in light compositions; rarely in the grave or elevated style.

DOZEN

,
Noun.
The number twelve of things of a like kind; as a dozen of eggs; twelve dozen of gloves; a dozen of wine.

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