<B>setup, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>an arrangement, such as of apparatus or machinery. <BR> <I>Ex. But before Chicago can reap the benefits ... of increased trade, it must practically rebuild its entire port setup (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the arrangement of an organization. <BR> <I>Ex. an efficient setup, to learn the setup of a company.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>a glass and ice cubes, often with carbonated water, ginger ale, or the like, for a person to mix an alcoholic drink for himself. <DD><B> b. </B>a place setting for a customer in a restaurant. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>a contest or match where the outcome is assured. <DD><B> b. </B>anything that is very easy to do or whose outcome is readily predictable. <BR> <I>Ex. That job would be a setup for any good carpenter. This release from ... obligatory reading has resulted in a euphoria that makes me a setup for a book (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Archaic.) the manner of holding the head and body; carriage. </DL>
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<B>seve, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) the special flavor and aroma of a wine. </DL>
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<B>seven, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> being one more than six. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>one more than six; 7. <BR> <I>Ex. Seven is the number of days in the week.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a playing card, throw of the dice, domino, billiard ball, or other part of a game with seven spots or a "7" on it. </DL>
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<B>Seven against Thebes,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the seven heroes who made an expedition against Thebes to put Polynices on the throne. </DL>
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<B>seven-a-side, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rugby.) a game or match played with seven men on each side. </DL>
<B>sevenfold, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>seven times as much or as many. <DD><B> 2. </B>seven times as much or as often; in the proportion of seven to one. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>seven times as much or as many. <BR> <I>Ex. Last year's total was ... about a sevenfold increase (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having seven parts. </DL>
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<B>sevengill, </B>noun. or <B>sevengill shark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shark of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans having seven gill slits along each side of the head instead of the usual five. </DL>
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<B>seven-league boots,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the magical boots in the fairy tale of Hop o'my Thumb, which enabled the wearer to cover seven leagues at each stride. </DL>
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<B>seven seas</B> or <B>Seven Seas,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> all the seas and oceans of the world, traditionally believed to be the Arctic, Antarctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, and Indian oceans. <BR> <I>Ex. to sail the seven seas.</I> </DL>
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<B>Seven Sisters,</B> <B>=Pleiades.</B></DL>
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<B>seventeen, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> seven more than ten; 17. </DL>
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<B>seventeenth, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>next after the 16th; last in a series of 17. <DD><B> 2. </B>one, or being one, of 17 equal parts. </DL>
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<B>seventeen-year locust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cicada of the United States that requires from thirteen to seventeen years to develop from egg to adult; periodical cicada. The larva burrows underground and feeds on roots, emerging to live a short time as an adult. <BR> <I>Ex. Seventeen-year locusts ... climb trees in the summer and produce a lonesome continuous singing (A. M. Winchester).</I> </DL>
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<B>seventh, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>next after the sixth; last in a series of 7. <BR> <I>Ex. Saturday is the seventh day of the week.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>being one of 7 equal parts. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>next after the sixth; last in a series of 7. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of 7 equal parts. <BR> <I>Ex. A day is one seventh of a week.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>the interval between two tones that are seven degrees apart. <DD><B> b. </B>the harmonic combination of two such tones. <DD><B> c. </B>the seventh tone of a scale. </DL>
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<B>Seventh Avenue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a street in New York City that is the center of the American fashion and garment industry. <BR> <I>Ex. These hats are doing for the hat industry what the chemise has done for Seventh Avenue (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>seventh chord,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) a chord consisting of a fundamental tone together with its third, fifth, and seventh. </DL>
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<B>seventh-day</B> or <B>Seventh-day, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, or belonging to any of several Christian denominations observing Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the principal day of rest and religious observance. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the seventh day, especially as the Sabbath. </DL>
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<B>Seventh-day Adventist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a seventh-day Protestant denomination that emphasizes the doctrine of the second coming of Christ. </DL>
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<B>seventh heaven,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the highest place or condition of joy and happiness. <BR> <I>Ex. "What a surprise they'll have in the morning when they see Cousin Augie! ... Anna will be in seventh heaven" (Saul Bellow).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the highest part of heaven. </DL>
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<B>seventhly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the seventh place. </DL>
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<B>seventieth, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>next after the 69th; last in a series of 70. <DD><B> 2. </B>one, or being one, of 70 equal parts. </DL>
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<B>seventy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> seven times ten; 70. <DD><I>adj. </I> seven times ten; 70. <BR><I>expr. <B>the Seventy,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the scholars who translated the Septuagint into Greek. </I> <I>Ex. The Seventy render it ... "ta glypta," by which they understand graven images (Edward Stillingfleet).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the disciples appointed by Jesus to preach the gospel (in the Bible, Luke 10:1-20). <BR> <I>Ex. Matthias ... was one of the Seventy that was chosen and ordained by the other Apostles to succeed Judas in the Apostolate (John Scott).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>the Great Sanhedrin. <BR> <I>Ex. The thief was brought before the Seventy for trial.</I> <DD> See under <B>Sanhedrin.</B> </DL>
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<B>seventy-eight</B> or <B>78, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a phonograph record which revolves at 78 revolutions per minute. </DL>
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<B>seventy-five, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a 75-millimeter gun, especially the standard artillery piece of the French in World War I. </DL>
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<B>seventyfold, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>70 times as many. <DD><B> 2. </B>70 times as much. </DL>
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<B>seven-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a card game for two or more players, to each of whom six cards are dealt, in which there are four special chances of scoring a point, seven points constituting a game. </DL>
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<B>sever, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to cut apart; cut off. <BR> <I>Ex. The sailor severed the rope with a knife. The ax severed the branch from the trunk.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to break off. <BR> <I>Ex. The two countries severed friendly relations.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to part; divide; separate. <BR> <I>Ex. The frayed rope suddenly severed and the swing fell down. The church severed into two factions. Ae fond kiss, and then we sever (Robert Burns).</I> </DL>
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<B>severability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being severable. </DL>
<A NAME="severable">
<B>severable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be severed or separated. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) that can be separated into distinct rights or obligations. </DL>
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<B>several, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>being more than two or three but not many; some; a few. <BR> <I>Ex. to gain several pounds. Some of the men ... remembered ... to have seen several strangers on the road (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>different; individual; respective. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys went their several ways, each minding his own business.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>considered separately as distinct or single. <BR> <I>Ex. The several steps in the process of making paper were shown in a movie.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Law.) binding or bound separately or distinctly. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) different. <BR> <I>Ex. ... three several times astonished (George Eliot).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) single. <DD><I>noun </I> more than two or three but not many; some; a few. <BR> <I>Ex. Several have given their consent.</I> </DL>
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<B>several-fold, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> several times as much or as many. <BR> <I>Ex. It is possible to reduce those effects several-fold (Scientific American) (adv.). It has led to a several-fold increase in yields since 1910 (New Scientist) (adj.).</I> </DL>
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<B>severally, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>separately; singly; individually. <BR> <I>Ex. Consider these points, first severally and then collectively. He turned severally to each for their opinion (Oliver Goldsmith).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>respectively. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) apart from others; independently. </DL>
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<B>severalty, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the state of being separate or distinct. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>the condition of being held or owned by separate or individual rights. <DD><B> b. </B>land so held. <BR><I>expr. <B>in severalty,</B> </I>(Law.) in a person's own right without being joined in interest by another. <BR> <I>Ex. They hold their shares in severalty.</I> </DL>
