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Sixteen \Six"teen`\, a. [AS. sixt?ne, sixt?ne. See Six, and Ten, and cf. Sixty.]

Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Sixteen \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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