Dozen \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)