TWELVES

Noun

twelves

plural of twelve

(printing) duodecimo format

Source: Wiktionary


TWELVE

Twelve, a. Etym: [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zwölf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second part of E. eleven. See Two, and Eleven.]

Definition: One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve- men's morris. See the Note under Morris.

– Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table.

Twelve, n.

1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.

2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles. Matt. xxvi. 20.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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