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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Six \Six\, adjective [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. sa['i]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Six \Six\, noun
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 {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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
six
adjective: denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units [syn: {6}, {vi}, {half dozen}, {half a dozen}]
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: {6}, {VI}, {sixer}, {sise}, {Captain Hicks}, {half a dozen}, {sextet}, {sestet}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}]
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