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adjective

Six adj. 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.

noun

Six n.

The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.

To be at six and seven or To be at sixes and sevens,

(a)

to be in disorder.

(b)

to be in a dispute or disagreement; often used with with.

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"Six" Quotes from Famous Books

... supplying every succour, and watching almost every look and every breath. The possibility of a relapse would of course, in some moments, occur to remind her of what anxiety was; but when she saw, on her frequent and minute examination, that every symptom of recovery continued, and saw Marianne at six o'clock sink into a quiet, steady, and to all appearance comfortable, sleep, she ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... "Six months is a—a good long time," said Flame. "If you'd turn the hems we could make yellow curtains for the parlor in no time ...

— Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

... shot me thro' the head! he has cut my vitals! I shall run distracted;—the fellow destroys aw my measures—aw my schemes:—there never was sic a bargain as I have made with this foolish lord,—possession of his whole estate, with three boroughs upon it—six members—Why, what an acquisition! what consequence! what dignity! what weight till the house of Macsycophant! O! damn the fellow! three boroughs, only for sending down six broomsticks.—O! miserable! miserable! ruined! undone! ...

— The Man Of The World (1792) • Charles Macklin

... Monsieur," she answered at last, "only be back here by six o'clock! There is a dish for dinner to-day which will not wait ...

— The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard • Anatole France

... definitely. "You see, Wildwood, we've had all kinds of trouble—suits, judgments, injunctions—along of fellows getting hurt in the show. One man lost an ear in the knife-throwing act. He recovered two thousand dollars damages. Another sprained an ankle. Had to pay him eight dollars a week for six months. Now they put the clause in the contract holding the circus harmless in such matters. Where it's a minor, they insist further that parent or guardian also ...

— Andy the Acrobat • Peter T. Harkness

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