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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sĕv'enth-ly, adv. p. 1209In the seventh place. Bacon.Sĕv'en-ti-eth, a. p. 1209Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age. 2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts into which any thing is divided; as, the seventieth part of a…Sĕv'en-ti-eth, n. p. 1209The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts. 2. One next in order after the sixty-ninth; the tenth after the sixtieth.Sĕv'en-ty, a. p. 1209Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine. He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2.Sĕv'en-ty, n. p. 1209The sum of seven times ten. 2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx. The Seventy, the seventy, or rather seventy-two, translators of the Old Testament into the Greek language, from whom…Sĕv'er, v. t. p. 1210To separate, as one from another; to divide; to part; as, to sever the head from the body. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. xiii. 49. 2. To cut or break…Sĕv'er, v. t. p. 1210To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. Ex. ix. 4. 2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or rent asunder. Shak.Sĕv'er-al, a. p. 1210Separate; distinct; not common to two or more; particular; appropriated; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to…Sĕv'er-al, n. p. 1210Each particular, or a small number, singly taken;—obsolete or very rare in the plural. There was not time enough to hear The severals. Shak. Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family…Sĕv'er-āl'i-ty, n. p. 1210Each particular singly taken; distinction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.SĔV'ER-AL-IZE, v. t. p. 1210To distinguish. [Obs.]Sĕv'er-al-ly, adv. p. 1210Separately; distinctly; apart from others. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey. To be jointly and severally bound in a note, bond, &c., creates an…Sév'er-al-ty, n. p. 1210A state of separation from the rest, or from all others. “Forests which had never been owned in severally.” Bancroft. Estate in severally, an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without…Sĕv'er-ance, n. p. 1210The act of severing or dividing; separation. 2. (Law.) The act of dividing; the singling or severing two or more that join or are joined in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or…Se-vēre', a., a. p. 1210Serious in feeling or manner; externally sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful. Your looks must alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. Walker. 2.…Se-vēre'ly, adv. p. 1210In a severe manner; gravely; rigidly; strictly; painfully; extremely; fiercely.Se-vēre'ness, n. p. 1210The state or quality of being severe; severity.Se-vĕr'i-ty, n. p. 1210The quality of being severe; as, (a.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of…Sĕv'er-y, n. p. 1210(Arch.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling. [Written also civery.]Sĕv'o-cā'tion, n. p. 1210A calling aside. [Obs.]Sew, v. t. p. 1210To follow; to pursue; to sue. See SUE. Spenser. 2. To set on and remove the dishes at a feast.Sew, v. t. p. 1210To unite or fasten together with a needle and thread. They sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Gen. iii. 7. To sew up. (a.) To inclose by sewing; to inclose in any thing sewed. “If…Sew, v. i. p. 1210To practice sewing; to join things with stitches.Sew (sū), v. t. p. 1210To drain, as a pond for taking the fish. [Obs.]Sew'age, n. p. 1210The contents of a sewer; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers; sewerage. 2. A systematic arrangement of sewers or subterranean drains; sewerage.Sew'el, n. p. 1210A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell.Sew'er, n. p. 1210A drain or passage to convey off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous canal, particularly in cities.Sew'er, n. p. 1210An upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests. [Rare.] Then the sewer Poured water from a great and…Sew'er, n. p. 1210One who sews, or uses a needle.Sew'er-age, n. p. 1210The construction of a sewer. 2. The system of sewers in a city, town, &c.; the general drainage of a city, &c., by sewers. 3. The materials collected in, and discharged by, sewers; sewage.Sew'ing, n. p. 1210The act or occupation of sewing or using the needle. 2. That which is sewed with the needle. 3. (pl.) Compound threads of silk, wound, cleaned, doubled, and thrown with especial reference to their…Sew'ster, n. p. 1210A woman who sews; a seamstress. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Sēx, n. p. 1210The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female, or female from…Sĕx'a-ge-nā'ri-an, n. p. 1210A person who has arrived at the age of sixty years.Sex-ăg'e-na-ry or Sēx'ă-gē-na-ry, a. p. 1210Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; proceeding by sixties. Sexagenary, or sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty, used in treating of the divisions…Sex-ăg'e-na-ry or Sēx'a-gen-a-ry, n. p. 1210Something composed of sixty parts. 2. A person sixty years of age; a sexagenarian. The lad can sometimes be as dowff as a sexagenary like myself. W. Scott.Sĕx'a-gĕs'i-mā, n. p. 1210(Eccl.) The second Sunday before Lent, the next to Shrove-Tuesday, so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.Sĕx'a-gĕs'i-mal, a. p. 1210Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. Sexagesimal fractions, or sexagesimals, those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, ¹⁄₆₀, ¹⁄₃₆₀₀, ¹⁄₂₁₆₀₀₀;—called also…Sĕx'a-na-ry, a. p. 1210Consisting of six or sixes; sixfold or six-parted. [Rare.]Sĕx'ăn-gle, n. p. 1210(Geom.) A figure having six angles and six sides; a hexagon. [Rare.] Hutton.Sĕx'ăng-gled or Sex-ăng'gu-lar, a. p. 1210Having six angles; hexagonal. [Rare.] Dryden.Sex-ăn'gu-lar-ly, adv. p. 1210With six angles; hexagonally.Sex-dĕc'i-mal, a. p. 1210(Crystallog.) Having sixteen faces; — said of a crystal when the prism or middle part has six faces, and the two summits, taken together, ten faces. [Obs.]Sex-dīg'ti-ism, n. p. 1210The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.Sex-dĭg'it-ist, n. p. 1210One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.Sĕx-dū/o-dĕc'i-mal, a. p. 1210(Crystallog.) Having eighteen faces; — said of a crystal when the prism or middle part has six faces, and the two summits, taken together, twelve faces. [Obs.]Sēx'e-na-ry, a. p. 1210Proceeding by sixes; sextuple;—applied especially to a system of arithmetic in which the base is six.Sex-ēn'ni-al, a. p. 1210Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.Sex-ēn'ni-al-ly, adv. p. 1210Once in six years.Sēx'fid or Sēx'i-fid, a. p. 1210(Bot.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.Sĕx'i-syl'la-ble, n. p. 1210A word of six syllables.Sĕx'less, a. p. 1210Having no sex.Sex-lŏc'ū-lar, a. p. 1210(Bot.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.Sĕx'ly, a. p. 1210Pertaining to, or arising from, sex; sexual. [Obs. and rare.] Should I ascribe any of these things to my sexly weaknesses, I were not worthy to live. Queen Elizabeth.Sĕx'tain, n. p. 1210A stanza of six lines.Sēx'tans, n. p. 1210(Rom. Antiq.) A certain coin; the sixth part of an as. 2. (Astron.) A certain constellation; the sextant.Sĕx'tant, n. p. 1210(Math.) The sixth part of a circle. 2. An instrument of reflection for measuring angular distances between objects, especially at sea. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's…Sĕx'ta-ry, n. p. 1211(Rom. Antiq.) An ancient Roman measure, about equal to an English pint, in both liquid and dry measure.Sĕx'ta-ry, n. p. 1211The same as SACRISTY. [Obs.]Sēx'tīle, n. p. 1211(Astrol.) The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: ⚹. Hutton.