The Seventy, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament
called the Septuagint. See Septuagint.
Sev`en*ty-four" (?), n. (Naut.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four
guns.
Sev"en-up`, n. The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
[U. S.]
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. To separate, as one from
another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way,
especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; 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 open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through;
to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
Our state can not be severed; we are one.
Milton.