Severity

s. (sever it as, Latin.) 1. Cruel treatment; sharpne of punishment (Bacon). 2. Hardne ; power of distre ing (Hale). 3. Strictne ;. rigid accuracy (Dryden). Rigour; austerity; harshne ; want of mildne ;_ want of indulgence, - SEVERN, river which rises near Plimlimmon Hill, in Montgomery shire, and before it enters Shropshire receives about 30 streams, and_pa es down to Laudring, whiere it receives the Morda, that flows from Oswestry. When it arrives at Monford it receives the river Mon, pa ing on to Shrews bury, which it almost surrounds, then to Bridge north; afterwards it runs through the skirts of Staff ords hire, enters Worcesters hire, and pa es by Worcester; then it runs to Tewkesbury, where it joins the Avon, and from thence to Gloucester, keeping a north-westerly course, till it falls into the British Channel. It begins to be navigable for boats at Welch pool, in Montgomery shire, and takes in several other rivers in its course, besides those already mentioned, and is the second in England. By the late inland nav i- ation, it has communication with the rivers ersey, Dee, Ribble, Ouse, Trent, Derwent, Humber, Thames, Avon, . which navigation, includiug its windings, extends above 500 miles in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, York, Lancaster, West more land, Chester, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester, Oxford, Worcester, . 644