number sixn.

Brit.

/ˌnʌmbə ˈsɪks/, U.S.

/ˌnəmbər ˈsɪks/

Forms: 1800s– number six (in sense 1), 1900s– number 6. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: number n., six n.

Etymology: < number n. + six n. (see below).

1. U.S. colloquial. A household medicinal remedy, originally placed sixth on the pharmaceutical list of its inventor, Samuel Thomson (see quot. 1909). Now rare.

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1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. viii. 83 We stick to thoroughwort, balmony, soot tea, ‘Number Six’, and the like.

1909 Bull. of Lloyd Libr. of Botany, Pharmacy & Materia Medica 15 Thomson's Compound Tincture of Myrrh and Capsicum became celebrated as ‘Number 6’.

2. In plural. Curls brushed on to the forehead in the shapes of figures of six. Cf. figure-six adj. at figure n. Compounds 2.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun]

feak1548

lovelock1592

crisple1594

curl1604

cockle1608

crisp1638

ringlet1645

cockera1653

heartbreaker1654

moustache1662

confidenta1685

cruchea1685

passagerea1685

favourite1690

wimpler1724

cannon1774

whisker1786

favori1801

curlet1803

tendril1814

sausage curl1828

spit-curl1831

crimp1855

curdle1860

number sices1861

whiskerette1880

1861 F. W. Robinson No Church ii. i Little boys who wore their hair in ‘number sixes’ at the temples, when law had left them hair sufficient for such ornamentation.

1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 271 Number sixes,..des accroche-cœur.

1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 104/1 Number sixes, curls dressed onto the forehead.

Compounds

number six nose n. rare a large fleshy nose, supposedly similar in shape to the figure six.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose

snoutc1330

hawk-nose1534

bottlenose1553

saddle nose?c1599

snut-nose1603

tooter1638

bridgea1658

hook-nose1687

button1696

snub nose1724

pug nose1769

Roman1821

Grecian nose1830

snub1830

potato-nose1853

squash nose1882

number six nose1923

1923 G. B. Shaw Matter with Irel. (1962) 260 Whereas my Irish nationality was formerly a valuable asset to me in England, I am now expected to apologize for it by men with wooly heads or number six noses.

1932 G. B. Shaw Adventures Black Girl 18 A dark man with wavy black hair, and a number six nose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

a. Prefixed to a numeral, as number six, number 42, etc., for the purpose of designating things or persons by the place assigned to them in an arithmetical series. Also as adj. Frequently as postmodifier. Cf. No. n.², Numb. n.¹

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > a place in a series > number assigning

number1691

numero1799

round two1937

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > sequence > series > designating place in > symbol

number1691

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1186 Of Signes in the nombre ellevene Aquarius hath take his place.]

1691 R. Ames Farther Search after Claret 3 Has any one been here to ask Number Four?

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 162 Sometimes the best Madder is worth eight or nine Pounds a hundred, and the Number O six Pound Ten Shillings.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 15 Sept. (1948) I. 19 I forgot to mark my two former letters; but I remember this is Number 3.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 266 I should just like to ask you,..vether you don't con-sider yourself as nice and vell-behaved a young gen'lm'n as ever used..the number four collection?

1867 F. E. Trollope Mabel's Progress III. 5 It is hard to say..why this especial house should have been Number Nine at all, seeing there were to be but six houses in the row.

1895 W. Carleton Rhymes of our Planet 9 Genevieve, how oft it comes to me—That rather young old reading-class, in District Number Three!

1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 95 A staple recreation..had been to wait at Walham Green for a nice number eleven [bus] and take it through the evening rush to Liverpool Street and back.

1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 50/2 The beefy Bruce Groves was one of the surprise successes of the season, batting at number three.

1988 Artist's &Illustrator's Feb. 20/1 All my painting is done with number 3 or 4 sable brushes.

单词	number six
释义	number sixn. Brit. /ˌnʌmbə ˈsɪks/, U.S. /ˌnəmbər ˈsɪks/ Forms: 1800s– number six (in sense 1), 1900s– number 6. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: number n., six n. Etymology: < number n. + six n. (see below). 1. U.S. colloquial. A household medicinal remedy, originally placed sixth on the pharmaceutical list of its inventor, Samuel Thomson (see quot. 1909). Now rare. ΚΠ 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. viii. 83 We stick to thoroughwort, balmony, soot tea, ‘Number Six’, and the like. 1909 Bull. of Lloyd Libr. of Botany, Pharmacy & Materia Medica 15 Thomson's Compound Tincture of Myrrh and Capsicum became celebrated as ‘Number 6’. 2. In plural. Curls brushed on to the forehead in the shapes of figures of six. Cf. figure-six adj. at figure n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 1861 F. W. Robinson No Church ii. i Little boys who wore their hair in ‘number sixes’ at the temples, when law had left them hair sufficient for such ornamentation. 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 271 Number sixes,..des accroche-cœur. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 104/1 Number sixes, curls dressed onto the forehead. Compounds number six nose n. rare a large fleshy nose, supposedly similar in shape to the figure six. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose snoutc1330 hawk-nose1534 bottlenose1553 saddle nose?c1599 snut-nose1603 tooter1638 bridgea1658 hook-nose1687 button1696 snub nose1724 pug nose1769 Roman1821 Grecian nose1830 snub1830 potato-nose1853 squash nose1882 number six nose1923 1923 G. B. Shaw Matter with Irel. (1962) 260 Whereas my Irish nationality was formerly a valuable asset to me in England, I am now expected to apologize for it by men with wooly heads or number six noses. 1932 G. B. Shaw Adventures Black Girl 18 A dark man with wavy black hair, and a number six nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas number six a. Prefixed to a numeral, as number six, number 42, etc., for the purpose of designating things or persons by the place assigned to them in an arithmetical series. Also as adj. Frequently as postmodifier. Cf. No. n.², Numb. n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > a place in a series > number assigning number1691 numero1799 round two1937 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > sequence > series > designating place in > symbol number1691 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1186 Of Signes in the nombre ellevene Aquarius hath take his place.] 1691 R. Ames Farther Search after Claret 3 Has any one been here to ask Number Four? 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 162 Sometimes the best Madder is worth eight or nine Pounds a hundred, and the Number O six Pound Ten Shillings. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 15 Sept. (1948) I. 19 I forgot to mark my two former letters; but I remember this is Number 3. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 266 I should just like to ask you,..vether you don't con-sider yourself as nice and vell-behaved a young gen'lm'n as ever used..the number four collection? 1867 F. E. Trollope Mabel's Progress III. 5 It is hard to say..why this especial house should have been Number Nine at all, seeing there were to be but six houses in the row. 1895 W. Carleton Rhymes of our Planet 9 Genevieve, how oft it comes to me—That rather young old reading-class, in District Number Three! 1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 95 A staple recreation..had been to wait at Walham Green for a nice number eleven [bus] and take it through the evening rush to Liverpool Street and back. 1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 50/2 The beefy Bruce Groves was one of the surprise successes of the season, batting at number three. 1988 Artist's &Illustrator's Feb. 20/1 All my painting is done with number 3 or 4 sable brushes. extracted from numbern. < n.1842 as lemmas
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number sixn.

Compounds

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