Sev"en*fold` (?), a. Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses;
increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.
Sev"en*fold`, adv. Seven times as much or as often.
Whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
Gen. iv. 15.
Seven"night (?), n. A week; any period of seven consecutive days and
nights. See Sennight.
Sev"en*score` (?), n. & a. Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and
forty.
The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years.
Bacon.
Sev"en-shoot`er (?), n. A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or
chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without
reloading. [Colloq.]
Sev"en*teen` (?), a. [OE. seventene, AS. seofontne, i. e., seven- ten.
Cf. Seventy.] One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen
years.
Sev"en*teen`, n. 1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of
ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.