Six"teen` (?), a. [AS. sixtne, sixtne. See Six, and Ten, and cf. Sixty.] Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.

 

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Six"teen`, n.

1.

The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.

2.

A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.

 

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