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English Dictionary: six	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
six adj denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units Synonym(s): six, 6, vi, half dozen, half-dozen n the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad] a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips Synonym(s): six-spot, six
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Six \Six\, a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. sa[a1]hs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W. chwech, L. sex, Gr. [?][?], Per. shesh, Skr. shash. [root]304. Cf. {Hexagon}, {Hexameter}, {Samite}, {Senary}, {Sextant}, {Sice}.] 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.