Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixaine
Literary usage of Sixaine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical French Grammar with Exercises and Illustrative Sentences from by William Dwight Whitney (1887)
"... sixième sixth, dixième tenth, sixaine half a dozen. 82. Y, y.—This letter has
generally the value of a vowel, being pronounced as i, or as double i, ..."
2. A Practical French Grammar with Exercises and Illustrative Sentences from by William Dwight Whitney (1887)
"*sixaine (81c)/. half a dozen, some six. [fr. six (§ 67).] •sixième (8le) num.
sixth, [fr. société/, society. [L.] sœur/, sister. ..."
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