sevadilla

A variant of cevadilla. seven (sev'n), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also seaven; It. sette Sp. siete = Pg.sete, sette =Pr. set = OF. set, sept, F. sept ) = Gr. ἑπτά = W. saith Gael.seachd = Ir.seacht, seven, = OBulg. sebd- in * sebdmů, sedmű, seventh, sedmi, seven, = Bohem. sedm = Pol. siedm = ORu . seme, sedmi, Ru . semi = Lith. septini = Lett. septini Zend hapta = Skt. saptan, seven: ulterior origin unknown.] I. a. One more than six; the sum of three and four: a cardinal numeral. Seven is a rare number in metrology, perhaps its only occurrences being in the seven handbreadths of the Egyptian cubit (for the probable explanation of which, see cubit ), and in the seven days of the week, certainly early connected, at least, with the astrological a ignment of the hours in regular rotation to the seven planets. This astrological a ociation explains the identification by Pythagoras of the number seven with the opportune time (και ρός), as well as the fact that light was called seven by the Pythagoreans. That they termed it "motherle " may be due to the "seven spirits" of the Chaldeans - that is, the planets-being called "fatherle and motherle ." The astrological a ociation further explains why the number seven has so frequently been suggested by the conception of divine or spiritual influence, and why it was = (ούσια). Two involves otherne , and was the number of opinion, "because of its diversity." Three involves med i- ation, and was the number of beginning, middle, and end. Four naturally suggests a square, and so equity, and was commonly considered the number of justice; but it fur- ther carries the suggestion of system, and often has that signification. Five connects itself with the five fingers, used in counting, and thus is an ordinary synecdoche for a small group (" Five of you shall chase an hundred"- Lev. xxvi. 8); but the Pythagoreans, for some unknown reason, made it the number of marriage. Six played an important part in the sexagesimal system of the Chalde- ans; but its Pythagorean meaning is doubtful. In the Apocalypse 666 is the number of the beast. Eight, being the first cube, would naturally suggest solidity; but ac- cording to Dr. Words worth it is the dominical or resurrec- tion number. Nine, or three triads, was the number of the great gods of Egypt, and was considered efficient in all magical operations. Ten, for reasons connected with the history of the Pythagorean brotherhood, was consid- ered by them as the great number of power. To eleven no particular significance is attached. Twelve was important in the Chaldean division of the circle, and was the num- ber of the great gods. Thirteen, according to Dr. Mahan, is the number of schism. Seven was formerly used gener- ally and vaguely to indicate a large number. I can then thanke Sensuall Apetyte; That is the best daunce without a pype That I saw this seven yere. Interlude of the Four Elements , n. d. ( Hall i well .) And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years. Lev. xxv. 8. Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye! Shak., Hamlet, iv. 5. 154. IMG:content-0729.png:[blocks in formation] Till that great sea-snake under the sea... Would slowly trail himself sevenfold Round the hall where I sate. Case of the seven bishops. See bishop.- Seven- branched candlestick. See candlestick . - Seven-day fever. See fever1.- Seven great hymns. See hymn.- seven-foldedt, a. Same as sevenfold . Seven Psalms. See penitential psalms , under peniten- tial .-Seven-shilling piece. See shilling . - Seven wise men of Greece. Same as the seven sages. - Seven won- ders of the world. See wonder . The bodies seven. See body . - The seven artst. Same as the seven liberal IMG:content-0730.png:[blocks in formation] Of his seven folded shield away it tooke. Spenser, F. Q., II. v. 6. seven-gilled (sev'n-gild), a. Having seven gill- slits on each side: specifically noting a cow- shark or seven gills. seven gills (sev'n-gilz), n. A shark of the ge- nus Heptanchus or Not i dan us ; a cow-shark. See cut under Hexanchus . seven holes (sev'n-holz), n. The river-lamprey: so called from the branchial apertures of each side. Also seven eyes . [Local, Eng.] who are said to have themselves in a cavern near Ephesus during the persecution under Decius (A. D. 249-251) and to have fallen asleep there, not awaking till two or three hundred years later, when Christianity had become the religion of the empire. The seven stars. (at) The planets-that is, the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Oure sire [Lord) in his see aboue the seuene sterris Sawe the many my cheuys that these men dede. niht, seveniht, sovenyht , seofon niht : see seven and night . Cf. contr. se'nnight .] The pe- riod of seven days and nights; a week, or the time from one day of the week to the next day of the same denomination preceding or follow- ing. See sennight. Thilke day that she was seven night old. Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 53. Having given this public notice of my court, I must fur- ther add that I intend to open it on this day seven - night , being Monday the twentieth instant. Add is on, Tatler, No. 250. Richard the Redele , iii. 352. seven-point (sev'n-point), a. Related to seven (01) The constellation Ursa Major. We that take purses go by the moon and the seven stars. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 2. 16. The Seven Starres, called Charles waine in the North. Minsheu , 1617. (c) The Pleiades. - To be frightened out of one's seven senses. See sensel, Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens. Gen. vii. 2. Of every beast and bird, and insect small, Came sevens and pairs. points: as, the seven - point circle. See circle . seven-shooter (sev'n-shöʻtėr), n. A revolver, or other form of firearm, having seven cham- bers or barrels. [Colloq.] seven-shooting (sev'n-shö"ting), a . Discharg- ing from seven chambers or barrels; firing seven shots without reloading: as, a seven- shooting rifle. [Colloq.] seven some (sev'n-sum), a. [ seven + some. See some .] Consisting of seven things or parts; about seven. [Prov. Eng. or Scotch.] Wyf of Auchtirmuchty (Child's Ballads, VIII. 118). seven some ne (sev'n-sum-nes), n . The quality of being seven some; arrangement or gradation North British Rev. [Rare.] by sevens. seven-spotted (sev'n-spot"ed), a . Having seven spots: as, the seven - spotted ladybird, Coccinella septenpunctata. seventeen (sev'n-ten'), a. and n. [ seuen- tene, sewintine , seofon - tyne = OS. sivontein = OFries. siuguntine = D. zeventien = MLG. seven tein = MHG. siben- zehen , G. siebzehn Icel. sjautjan , sautjan, seytjan = Sw. sjutton = Dan. sytten = L. septendecim = Gr. έπτα ( καί )- seven tithe, seofon - teótha = OFries. siugun- tind a = D. zeven - tiende = MHG. siben - zehende , G. siebzehnte = Icel. seytjandi , sau- tjandi , sjau- tjändi Sw. sjuttonde = Dan. syttende ; as seventeen + th2.] I. a. 1. One next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen of the same cla : an ordinal numeral: as, the seventeenth day of the month.-2. Constitut- ing or being one of seventeen equal parts into which a thing may be divided. II. n. 1. The next in order after the six- teenth; the seventh after the tenth.-2. The teenth, quotient of unity divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts of a whole.-3. In music , the melodic or harmonic interval of two octaves and a third; or an organ-stop giving tones at such an interval from the normal pitch of the s; a tierce. IMG:content-0731.png:[blocks in formation] sever (sev'er), v. [ severen , sevrer , also later separer , F. séparer = Pr. se- brar = Sp. Pg. separar = It. sever are , sevrare , also sep a rare , sep a rare , separate: see sep a- rate , of which sever is a doublet, without the suffix.] I. trans . 1. To separate; part; put or keep distinct or apart. And vynes goode of IV or V have mynde, And severed by hemself sette everie kynde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 66. Here are sever'd lips 2. To part, sunder, or divide; separate into two or more parts: as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke. Our state cannot be sever'd ; we are one. Milton , P. L., ix. 958. The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. 3. To separate from the rest: said of a part with reference to the whole or main body of anything: as, to sever the head from the body. Than he seuered a part of his peple, and seide to Pounce Antonye and to ffrolle that the i sholde haue mynde to do well, and breke her enmyes. Merlin (E. E. T. Š.), iii. 402. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Mat. xiii. 49. A second multitude With wondrous art founded the ma y ore, Severing each kind, and scumm'd the bullion dro . Milton , P. L., i. 704. His sever'd head was to 'd among the throng, And, rolling, drew a bloody trail along. Pope , Iliad, xi 189. IMG:content-0732.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To make a separation or distinction; dis- tinguish. The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. Ex. ix. 4. 3. To act separately or independently. Preston, Ashton, and Elliot had been arraigned at the Old Bailey. They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. It was therefore nece ary to try them sep a- rately. severable (sev'er-a-bl), a. [ sever + -able .] Capable of being severed. All our abilities, gifts, natures, shapes, Severals and generals of grace exact,.. Succe or lo , what is or is not, serves As stuff for these two to make paradoxes. 21. A particular person; an individual. Not noted, is't, But of the finer natures? by some severals Of head-piece extraordinary? Jews']. They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation, their several for men, their several for women, their several for the priests, Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 14. several (sev'er-al), a . and n . [ severalle , several , separalis (also, after OF., and for the high priest alone their several . several is ), adj., separate, as a noun in neut. separale, a thing separate, a thing that sep a- rates, a dividing line, equiv. to L. sep arab i lis , separable (see separable ), sep a rare , separate: see separate , sever .] I. a. 11. Separated; apart; not together. So be we now by baptism reckoned to be consigned unto Christ's church, several from Jews, paynims, . Tyndale , Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 246. If the King have power to give or deny any thing to his Par lament, he must doe it either as a Person several from them or as one greater. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xi. 2. Individual; not common to two or more; separate; particular. Let euery line beare his seuerall length, euen as ye would haue your verse of measure. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 74. They haue neuerthele e seuerall cloysters and seuerall lodgynges, but they kepe all theyr dyuine seruyce in one quere al togyther. Sir R. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 79. Both Armies having their several Reasons to decline the Battel, they parted without doing any thing. Baker , Chronicles, p. 118. So different a state of things requires a several relation. Milton , Hist. Eng., ii. Let every one of us, in our several places and stations, do our best to promote the kingdom of Christ within us, by promoting the love and practice of evangelical purity and holine . Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, I. iv. 3. Different; diverse; various: as, they went their several ways; it has happened three ser- IMG:content-0733.png:[blocks in formation] Of late he's broke into a several Which doth belong to me, and there he spoils Both corn and pasture. 4. An outer garment for women, introduced about 1860 and named in France from the Eng- lish word, in allusion to the different uses to which the garment could be put: its form could be changed hanged by folding, buttoning, etc., so that it should make a shaw shawl, a burnoose, or other garment at pleasure. - In several, in a state of sep a- ration or partition. More profit is quieter found, Where pastures in sever all be, Of one seely acre of ground, We'll dre us all so several , They shall not us perceive. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 191. Each several heart-beat, counted like the coin A miser reckons, is a special gift As from an unseen hand. O. W. Holmes , Questioning. 5. In law , separable and capable of being treated as separate from, though it may be not wholly independent of, another. Thus, a several No, God forbid that I should wish them sever'd Whom God hath join'd together; ay, and 'twere pity To sunder them that yoke so well together. Death's proper hateful office 'tis to sever The loving Husband from his lawful Wife. 5. To distinguish; discriminate; know apart. Expedient it will be that we sever the law of nature ob- served by the one from that which the other is tied unto. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 3. Volp . Am I then like him? Mos . O sir, you are he: No man can sever you. B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 3. He is a poor Divine that cannot sever the good from the Selden, Table-Talk, p. 31. by a single obligor, or concurrently with others, as in a subscription paper, in which latter case, though his prom- ise is in a measure dependent on that of the other sub- scribers, the obligation of each may be several ; while, on the other hand, in a contract by partners or an instrument expre ed to be joint, the obligors are not at common law severally liable, but either has the right to have the oth- ers joined in an action to enforce payment. So a several es- tate is one which belongs to one person alone, and, although it may in a sense be dependent on others, it is not shared by others during its continuance. (See estate , 5.) A joint and several obligation is one which so far partakes of both quali- ties that the creditor may in general treat it in either way, by joining all or suing each one separately. 6. Consisting of or comprising an indefinite number greater than one; more than one or two, but not many; divers. Adam and Eve in bugle-work; several filligrane curiosities. bad. upon canvas... Steele, Tatler, No. 245. severalty (sev'èr-al-ti), n. [ severalte , severalte , several , several: see several . Cf. severality.] A state of separation from the rest, or from all others: used chiefly of the ten- ure of property. And thi land shal be, after thi disce e plain, Parted in partes I beleue shal be, Neuer to-geders hold in seueralte . severalty to be held in severalty, leaving the residue of the tribal po e ion to be sold by the government, in part or in whole, for the benefit of the tribe or members of it.