Webster's Dictionary 1913

3808

Seventieth

Sev″en‐ti‐eth (?), a. [AS. hund-seofontigoða.] 1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal ...

3809

Seventieth (2)

Sev″en‐ti‐eth, n. 1. One next in order after the sixty-ninth.2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.

3810

Seventy

Sev″en‐ty (?), a. [AS. hund-seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty.] Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

3811

Seventy (2)

Sev″en‐ty, n.; pl.Seventies (�). 1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.The Seventy, the translators of th...

3812

Seventy-four

Sev′en‐ty–four″ (?), n.(Naut.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.

3813

Sever

Sev″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Severed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Severing.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.] 1. T...

3814

Sever (2)

Sev″er, v. i. 1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate. Shak.2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.The Lor...

3815

Severable

Sev″er‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being severed. Encyc. Dict.

3816

Several

Sev″er‐al (?), a. [OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate.] 1. Separate; distinct; particular; single.Each several ship a victory did gain...

3817

Several (2)

Sev″er‐al, adv. By itself; severally.Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. Robynson (More's Utopia).

3818

Several (3)

Sev″er‐al, n. 1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.There was not time enough to hear...The severals. Shak.2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but ...

3819

Severality

Sev′er‐al″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Severalities (�). Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.

3820

Severalize

Sev″er‐al‐ize (?), v. t. To distinguish.

3821

Severally

Sev″er‐al‐ly, adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.

3822

Severalty

Sev″er‐al‐ty (?), n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft.Estate in s...

3823

Severance

Sev″er‐ance (?), n. 1. The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. Milman.2. (Law) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more th...

3824

Severe

Se‐vere″ (?), a. [Compar.Severer (?); superl.Severest.] [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. ��� awe, ��� revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. sévère. Cf. As...

3825

Severity

Se‐ver″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Severities (#). [L. severitas: cf. F. sévérité.] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: —(a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor...

3826

Severy

Sev″er‐y (?), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. ciborium. Oxf. Gloss.] (Arch.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling. [Written also civery.]

3827

Sevocation

Sev′o‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. sevocare, sevocatum, to call aside.] A calling aside.

3828

Sèvres blue

Sè″vres blue′ (?). A very light blue.

3829

Sèvres ware

Sè″vres ware′ (?). Porcelain manufactured at Sèvres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.

3830

Sew

Sew (?), n.[OE. See Sewer household officer.] Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. Gower.I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.

3831

Sew (2)

Sew, v. t. [See Sue to follow.] To follow; to pursue; to sue. Chaucer. Spenser.

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Sew (3)

Sew (?), v. t. [imp.Sewed (?); p. p.Sewed, rarely Sewn (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Sewing.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siówian, sīwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s�ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Go...

3833

Sew (4)

Sew, v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

3834

Sew (5)

Sew (?), v. t. [√151 b. See Sewer a drain.] To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. Tusser.