a. [ OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sjö, Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. saptan. √305. Cf. Hebdomad, Heptagon, September. ] One more than six; six and one added;
Seven sciences.
Seven stars (Astron.),
Seven wonders of the world.
Seven-year apple (Bot.),
Seven-year vine (Bot.),
n.
Of every beast, and bird, and insect small,
Game sevens and pairs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. “Sevenfold rage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Seven times as much or as often. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. Gen. iv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & a. Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. [ 1913 Webster ]
The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ OE. seventene, AS. seofont&ymacr_;ne, i. e., seven-ten. Cf. Seventy. ] One more than sixteen; ten and seven added;
a. [ From Seventeen: cf. AS. seofonteóða, seofonteogeða. ]
In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]