Doz"en (?), n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens (). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
1.
A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.
"Some six or seven
dozen of Scots." "A
dozen of shirts to your back." "A
dozen sons." "Half a
dozen friends."
Shak.
2.
An indefinite small number.
Milton.
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
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