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Definition of One-sixth
1. Noun. One part in six equal parts.
Lexicographical Neighbors of One-sixth
Literary usage of One-sixth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Smith, heirs at law of Ellen Smith, deceased, one-sixth; and SR Clister one-sixth
by virtue of a deed from Harriet E. Stinnett (nee Lively) and hei husband. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"After the purchase, C. agreed verbally with S. that 6. should have the one sixth
at the price 8. had paid for It, any amount due by C. to 8. to be applied ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"After the purchase, C. agreed verbally with S. that 8. should have the one sixth
at the price S. had paid for it, any amount due by C. to 8. to be applied ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"That the same be sold, and one sixth of the proceeds thereof belonging to the
said minor Thomas K. O'Day be paid to him, and that the remaining proceeds of ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"I found that the mice had dragged the slice of bread underneath the locked door
and that the dog had thus got at it and eaten part equal to about one-sixth ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"Whence it follows that, on the assumptions we have made, the quantity of air
above each square mile of the moon's surface would be only about one sixth part ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1841)
"The report then deduced the tide to the equitable fee in the one sixth part to
... That the Master then found that John Wade was a trustee of the one sixth ..."
8. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"All of the leaves and about one-sixth of the ... (43) Dissolved one-sixth of an
ounce of arsenic in 2 ounces of muriatic acid. ..."
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