Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dozen"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}.
[OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze
twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two},
{Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
with or without of before the substantive which follows.
``Some six or seven dozen of Scots.'' ``A dozen of shirts
to your back.'' ``A dozen sons.'' ``Half a dozen
friends.'' --Shak.

2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.

{A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dozen
adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: {twelve},
{12}, {xii}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
{twelve}, {12}, {XII}]

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