Six
[sɪks]
Definition
(noun.) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
(adj.) denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units .
Typist: Lolita--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
(n.) The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
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Definition
adj. and n. five and one: a figure denoting six units (6 or vi.): a playing-card with six spots the face of a die bearing six spots or that die itself: beer sold at six shillings a barrel small beer: (pl.) in hymnology a quatrain in trochaic measure the lines of three feet or six syllables.—adj. Six′fold folded or multiplied six times.—ns. Six′footer a person six feet high; Six′pence a silver coin=six pence.—adj. Six′penny worth sixpence: cheap worthless.—ns. Six′-shoot′er a six-chambered revolver; Sixte a parry in which the hand is on guard opposite the right breast the point of the sword raised and moved a little to the right.—adjs. and ns. Six′teen six and ten; Six′teenth the sixth after the tenth.—adj. Sixth the last of six: the ordinal of six.—n. the sixth part: (mus.) an interval of four tones and a semitone or six intervals.—adv. Sixth′ly in the sixth place.—Sixth hour noon-tide.—Be at sixes and sevens to be in disorder; Long sixes candles weighing six to the pound about 8 inches long; Short sixes candles weighing six to the pound about 4 inches long.
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Examples
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On succeeding days longer flights were made, one of two miles at a speed of forty-six miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There's as many as six, you see, to choose from. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A highly characteristic event at the age of six is described by his sister. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Remember that six pounds a year is but a groat a day. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In six years his royalties increased from $300 a year to over $200,000 a year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Six weeks ago, at the American consul's, in Paris, a very quiet wedding of course, for even in our happiness we didn't forget dear little Beth. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You'll want six,' said the dress-maker. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The slim, bare, copper wire snapped on the least provocation, and the circuit was down for thirty-six days in the first six months. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Byllesby and the late Luther Stieringer, was completed and in operation within six weeks after the placing of the order. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This at a distance of five or six miles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Though her nephew had had no particular reason to hasten back on her account, she had not lived above six-and-thirty hours after his return. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Everything is so at sixes and sevens. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The least they pretended was that they were going to cut Lowick Parish into sixes and sevens. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They won't give 'em up, said the man; there's a regular shinty in the house, and everything at sixes and sevens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wildeve rattled the box, and threw a pair of sixes and five points. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Venn lifted the box, and behold a triplet of sixes was disclosed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Dostn't wish th' wast three sixes again, Grandfer, as you was when you first learnt to sing it? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Silvia