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English Dictionary: dozen by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dozen
adj
  1. denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve, 12, xii, dozen]
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: twelve, 12, XII, dozen]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}.
      [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.
            [bd]Some six or seven dozen of Scots.[b8] [bd]A dozen of
            shirts to your back.[b8] [bd]A dozen sons.[b8] [bd]Half a
            dozen friends.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
  
      {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.
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