n.
To be at six and seven
To be at sixes and sevens
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. &unr_;&unr_;, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. √304. Cf. Hexagon, Hexameter, Samite, Senary, Sextant, Sice. ] One more than five; twice three;
Six Nations (Ethnol.),
Six points circle. (Geom.)
a. [ AS. sixfealand. ] Six times repeated; six times as much or as many. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is six feet tall. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Of the value of, or costing, sixpence;
a. & n. [ Six + score, n. ] Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. sixt&unr_;ne, sixt&unr_;ne. See Six, and Ten, and cf. Sixty. ] Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.