Category:Six

Six, a. Etym: [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. shesh, Skr. shash. sq. root304. Cf. Hexagon, hexameter, samite, senary, Sextant, sice.]

Defn: 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.

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.