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Webster 1913 Edition
Six
Six
,Adj.
[AS.
six
, seox
, siex
; akin to OFries. sex
, D. zes
, OS. & OHG. sehs
, G. sechs
, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex
, Goth. saíhs
, Lith. szeszi
, Russ. sheste
, Gael. & Ir. se
, W. chwech
, L. sex
, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK], Per. shesh
, Skr. shash
. √304. Cf. Hexagon
, Hexameter
, Samite
, Senary
, Sextant
, Sice
.] One more than five; twice three;
as,
. six
yardsSix 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
.Six
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Six
SIX
,Adj.