Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Twelve"

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

Twelve \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.

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

Twelve \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to
OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G.
zw["o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t?lf, 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}.]
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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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