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   Six (?), a. [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. , Per. shesh, Skr. shash. √304.  Cf. Hexagon, Hexameter, Samite, Senary, Sextant, Sice.] One more than five; twice three; as, “six yards”.
   
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   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.
   
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   Six, n.
   1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
   
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   2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
   
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   To be at six and seven or To be at sixes and sevens, (a) to be in disorder. Bacon.  Shak.  Swift.  (b) to be in a dispute or disagreement; -- often used with with.
   
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