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Show SE SE Se'vErRANCE, . /i [from fewer. _This elfe to feweral fpheres thow muft aferibe Milton We might have repaired tbe lofies of one campaign by the advantages of another, and, afte " feweral victories gained over us, might have fil ration; partition SEVE'RE. adj. [ fevere, Fr. feverus, Lat. fingle 3 Particular 1 Each feveral fhip a vi€tory did gain As Ruper Dryden or as Albemarle were there appropriate 4. Diftin& What words have pafs'd thy lips, Adam fevere Miiton What made the charch of Alexandria be f Jevere with Origen for, but holding the incenfe i his hands, which thofe about him caft from thenc upon the altar? yet fr this he was caft out of th church Stilling fleet This fubftantive has a plural 2. Rigid ; auftere ; morofe indulgent More profit is quieter feun ‘Where paftures in feweral be Of one filly aker of groun Than champion maketh of three. Tu/fer's Hufb It feems 'Shakefp There was not time enough to hea The feverals 3 Shakefpeare That will appear to be a methodica - preparative the one to the other. Hammond's Fund 4. Regulated by rigid rules ; ftriét Truth, wifdom, fanétitude, fevere and pure Several of them ncither rofe from any confpicuous family, nor left any behind them Addifon's Freeholder weral for their priefts, an for the hig alone their foveral Hooker ; 4 Inclofed ground There was a nobleman that was lean of vifage but immediately after his marriage he grew prett plump and fat One faid to him, Your lordfhj doth contrary to other married men j for they a firft wax lean, and you wax fat. Sir Walter Raleig ftood by and faid, There is no beaft, that if yo take him from the common the feweral, but will wax fat SEVERALLY and put him int Bacon adv. [from frweral Dif tin€tly; particularly; feparately from others apar Confider angels each of them fewerally in himfelf, and their law is, All ye his angels praife him Hooker Nature and feripture, both jointly and not fewerally, either of them, be fo complete, that unt everlating felicity we need not the knowledge o any thing more tha thefe two may eafily furnif our minds with Hovker Th' apoftles could not be confin' To thefe or thofe, but Sewerally defign' Their large commifiion round the wopkd to blow Ei Dryden We ought not fo much tolove likenefs as beauty and to chufe from the faireft bodies Jeverally th faireft parts Dryden Others were fo very fmall and clofe together thatI could not keep my eye fteady on them fe":""'lb'; fo as to number them Newtons Opticks Be VERALTY. 7. /. [from feweral. Stat of fegaratxon from the reft hc. Jointure or advancement of the lady wa the third par fedate not airy ; clofe ; ftrictly me thodieal ; rigidly exaét Their beauty 1 leave it rather to the delicate wi of poets, than venture upon fo nice a fubje& wit my Jeverer ftyle More Painful ; afli&ive Thefe piercing fires are foft, as now fewvere Milton 8. Clofe ; concife ; not luxuriant The Latin, a moft fzvere and compendious language, often exprefles that in one word, whic modern tongues cannot in more Dryden SEVE'RELY. adv. [from fevere. 1. Painfully ; aflictively ‘We have wafted our ftrength to attain ends different from thofe for which we undertook th war; and often to effet others, which after a peac we may fewerely repent Savift 2. Ferocioufly ; horridly More formidable Hydra ftands within Whofe jaws with iron teeth fewerely grin. Dryden 3. Striétly ; rigoroufly To be or fondly or feverely kind SEVE'RITY . / Savage [ feweritas, Latin. 1. Cruel treatment ; tharpnefs of punithment 1 laugh to fee your ladyfhip fo fond To think that you have aught but Talbot's fhado Whereon to pradife your fewerity Shakefpeare He fhall be thrown down the Tarpeian roc With rigorous hands ; he hat refifted law cording to thejr particula no little blood5 as for the fewerity. ufed upon thof Wotton Buacon of Wales th Having confidered the apertions in feveralty, acrequifites, I a :fonr‘l: to the cafting and contexture of the whol Vou. 11 Hyliffe power of diftrefling 2. Hardnefs Though nature hath given infe€s fagacity t avoid the winter cold, yet its fewerizy finds then Hale's Origin of Mankind cut 3. Strictnefs; rigid accuracy Confining myfelf to the fewerity of trui:h, bccon?- ing, I muft pafs over many inftances of your mi Dryden litary fkill 4. Rigour; aufterity; haifhnefs; want o mildnefs; want of indulgznce Sevoca'rion. n. /. [ fewoco, Latin.] Th a&t of calling afide To Sew. for fue. To follow Spenfer 7o SEW. @. #. [ fuo, Latin.] To alte any thing by the ufe of the needle A time to rent and a time to few 7o SEw w.a Ecc iii. 7 To join by threads draw with a needle N man feweth a piece of new cloth on an ol garment Mark, ii. 21 ToSew up. To inclofe in any thing fewed If ever I faid loofe-bodied gown, fewv me up i the fkirts of it Shakefp. Taming of the Shrew My tranfgreflion is fealed up in a bag, and tho Jewveft up mine iniquity Fob, xiv. 17 [efcuyer trenchant, French n. / old French fro a/feoir t fet down; for thofe officers fet the difhe on the table Newron's Milron. 1. An officer who ferves up a feaft Marfhall'd feaft Serv'd up in hall with fowers and fenefchal The {kill of artifice or office mean Milton The cook and fezver each his talent tries In various figures fcenes of difhes rife z. [from iffuee, ifuer.] A paflage for wate to run through, now corrupted to fbore Cowel The fenrmen hold that the fewers muft be kep fo, as the water may not ftay too long in the fpring till the weeds and fedge be grown up Bacon Men fuffer their private judgment to be draw into the common fewer or fiream of the prefen vogue King Charles As one who long in populous city pent Where houfes thick, and Jezversy annoy the air ‘dukedom of Cornwal, and earldom of Chefter, t be fet forth in Jeveralty Bacon principalit and a fewerity is 'tll‘-: a cenfur fame or ajffeour And therefore law fhall fcorn him further tria Than the feverity of publick power Which he fo fets at nought Shakefp. Coriclanus of th to fome accordin SE'WER 6. Notlax 7 other punifhment of the church is intcndgd : but grave ; fober Sewere in youthful beauty, added grace Milto Your looks muft alter, as your fubjeét does From kind to fierce, from wanton to fewere. Waller Taught by thy praice fteadily to ftee From grave to gay, from lively to fevere Pope prief include excommunication, fufpenfion, and an interdiét; but under an ecclefiaftical fewerity ever 70 SEw. v. a. To drain a pond for the fith Ainfworth His grave rebuke They had their feveral for heathen nations, thei feveral for the people of their own nation, thei Jeweral for men,'their feveral for women, their fe Thee is a difference between an ecclefiaftica cznfure and fewerity : for under a cenfure we onl Sewere, but in true filial freedom plac'd. ~ Miltor 5. Exempt from all levity of appearance 3. Any inclofed or feparate place sysw Cruel ; inexorable His fevere wrath fhall he fharpen for a fword Wifdom fuccefliv obfervation of thefe fewverals, as degrees and ftep Miltor Nor blame fewere his choice Warbling the Grecian woes Pope's Odyffey lower mefle Perchance are to this bufinefs purblind in thy reftraint In his looks ferene When angry moft he feem'd, and moft fevere What elfe but favour fhone Milton by fome feweral Of headpiece extraordinary harfh; no Am I upbraided ? not enough fevere "2. Bach particular fingly taken Thi be exprefled in anger others Taylor Soon mov'd with touch of blame, thus Eve iy 'SE'VERAL. 7. /. [from the adjetive. Ve 1. A ftate of feparation, or partition BB o if it muf be always more frvere againft thyfelf than againf Dawies's Ireland treatife Like things to like, the reft to feweral plac Milton Difparted Each might his few'ral province well command Would all but ftoop to what they underftand. Pope ‘@i Sharp; aptto punifh ; cenforious 5 ap to blame ; hard; rigorous Let your zeal The parts and paflages of ftate are fo many, as ¢to exprefs them fully, would require a fevera L Sepa Thofe rivers inclofe a neck of land, in regar of his fuitfulnefs not unworthy of a fewerance Careww's Surwey of Gornawall Addifon kept the enemy from our gates §-E2 Never were fo great rebellions expiated with f taken in Kent, it was but wpon a fcum of people Forth iffting on a fummer's morn, to breath Among the pleafant villages and farm Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight Miltsn 3. He that ufes a needle SEx. n. [ [ fexe, French; fexus, Latin. 1. The property by which any animal i male or female Thefe two great fzxes animate the world. Miltos Under his forming hands a creature grew Manlike, but different fex 2. Womankind Miltor by way of emphafis Unhappy fex ! whofe beauty is your fnare Expos'd to trials; made too frail to bear. Dryder Shame is har to be overcome; bu if the fe once get the better of it, it gives them afterward no more trouble Garth | SE‘XAGENARY. ad). [ fexagenaive, French Jexagenarius, Latin. Aged fixty years Sexace'sima. 7 /i [Latin. Sunday before Lent The fecon SEXAGE'SIMAL. adj. [ from fexagefimus Latin.] Sixtieth; numbered by fixties SEXA'NGLED |
