six shooter (sikssho"ter)

A pistol for firing six shots in succe ion, usually a revolver with six chambers. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal" - bowie knives, six - shooters , an' the like. W. M. Baker , New Timothy, p. 177. six-spot (siks's pot), a. and n. I. a. Having six spots, as an insect or a playing-card: as, the six - spot burnet-moth. II. n. A playing-card with six pips. six-stringed (siks's tringd), a. Having six strings. - Six-stringed whip, an old popular name for the Six Articles (which see, under article ). sixte (sikst), n. [F. sixte, thrust to deviate. is also used for the thrust, counter, etc., which is parried by this movement: a point in sixte, for instance. The authors of "Fencing" prefer tierce to sixte, in which the masters are against them. Athenæum, No. 3240, p. 742. sixteen (siks'ten'), a. and n. [ It. sedici (cf. Pg. deza seis, transposed) = Pr. sedze = F. seize ), sixteen; as six + ten.] I. a. Being the sum of six and ten; consisting of one more than fifteen: a cardinal numeral. II. n. 1. The number made up of six and ten; four times four.-2. A symbol representing this number, as 16, or XVI, or xvi. sixteenmo (siks'ten'mo), n. See sexto -decimo. sixteenth (siks'tēnth'), a . and n. [ ten the , earlier sixte the , sixteothe , sixteótha , syxteóthe =OFries. sextinda , sex tend a , sextiensta , sex tend est a = D. zestiende = MHG. sehzehende , sixfold measure or time, in music , same as sextuple G. sechszehnte, sechzehnte = Icel. sext and i = Sw. rhythm or time (which see, under sextuple ). sextonde = Dan. sextende ; as sixteen + -th3.] IMG:content-1171.jpg:[blocks in formation] sixteenth I. a. 1. Next in order after the fifteenth; being the sixth after the tenth: the ordinal of sixteen.-2. Being one of sixteen equal parts into which a whole is divided. II. n. 1. One of sixteen equal parts.-2. In music: (a) The melodic or harmonic interval of two octaves and a second. (b) A sixteenth-note.-3. In early Eng . law , a sixteenth of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax. sixteenth-note (siks'tenth'not), n. In mus i cal notation, a note equivalent in time-value to one half of an eighth-note: marked by the sign For E, or, in groups, Also called semiquaver .-Sixteenth-note rest. See rest1 , 8 (b). sixteenth-rest (siks'tenth'rest), n. In mus i cal notation , same as sixteenth - note rest .