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- noun Obsolete spelling of
six .
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Examples
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Their Grammarians made a great multitude of feete, I wot not to what huge number, and of so many sizes as their wordes were of length, namely sixe sizes, whereas indeede, the metricall feete are but twelve in number, wherof foure only be of two times, and eight of three times, the rest compounds of the premised two sorts, even as the Arithmeticall numbers aboue three are made of two and three.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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I wot not to what huge number, and of so many sizes and their wordes were of length, namely sixe sizes, whereas in deede, the metricall feete are but twelue in number, whereof foure only be of two times, and eight of three times, the rest compounds of the premised two sorts, euen as the Arithmeticall numbers aboue three are made of two and three.
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Gallopp (for your vse) a few thinges that I hope may bee vsefull, namely sixe bushels of barly mault, sixe bushels of Indian mault, & one bushel of oatemeale.
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The original text reads 'sixe'] size of frying pan.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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But, the same deer may rub saplings the sixe of your finger.
Can you tell how big a buck is by a rub? Ex: An 8 inch diameter tree rub, means a certain size buck. 2009
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No issues with anything stopping working, and while the trackpad is small (hi, it's a computer that is less than half the sixe -- sideway -- of a MBP 17 ), it's extremely usable, and I haven't had a lick of trouble with it.
The Problems With A Hackintosh Netbook, Six Months Out | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Item, we gyve as good as bequest unto a poore of Stratford aforesaied tenn poundes; to Mr. Thomas Combe my sword; to Thomas Russell esquier fyve poundes; as good as to Frauncis Collins, of a precinct of Warr. in a countie of Warr. gentleman, thirteene poundes, sixe shillinges, as good as 8 pence, to be paied inside of a singular yeare after my deceas.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Whenever republicans cut taxes, they borrow from the SSI fund to mask the real sixe of the deficit.
Think Progress » Deficit Peacock Newt Gingrich Doesn’t Recognize His Own Feathers 2010
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Item, we gyve as good as bequest unto a poore of Stratford aforesaied tenn poundes; to Mr. Thomas Combe my sword; to Thomas Russell esquier fyve poundes; as good as to Frauncis Collins, of a precinct of Warr. in a countie of Warr. gentleman, thirteene poundes, sixe shillinges, as good as 8 pence, to be paied inside of a singular yeare after my deceas.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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But, the same deer may rub saplings the sixe of your finger.
Can you tell how big a buck is by a rub? Ex: An 8 inch diameter tree rub, means a certain size buck. 2009
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