several

adj

1. (obsolete)Separate, distinct; particular.

   “Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas.”

   “He had a religion apart: a God severall unto himselfe, whom his subjects might no waies adore.”

   “So one thing may be good and bad to several parties, upon diverse occasions.”

   “the hearts of the three cavaliers were completely captured, especially as gratitude was added to their admiration; it is a little singular, however, though no less certain, that each of them was enraptured with a several beauty.”

   “Each several ship a victory did gain.”

2. A number of different; various.

   “[…]for several virtues Have I lik'd several women; never any With so full soul but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, And put it to the foil[…].”

   “habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished”

   “Four several armies to the field are led.”

   “Hence arose a dispute between the learned men, in which each delivered the reasons of their several opinions.”

   “In the midſt of all this buſtle, I was ſtruck with the appearance of a large bevy of beauties and women of the firſt fashion, who with all the perfect confidence of good breeding, inſhrined themſelves in the ſeveral temples dedicated to the Cyprian Venus[.]”

3. Separable, capable of being treated separately.

det

1. Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many.

   “Several cars were in the parking lot.”

   “They had many journals. I subscribed to several.”

   “Several of the members were absent.”

   “The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.”

   “Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.”

adv

1. (not-comparable)By itself; severally.

   “Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehouses.”

noun

1. (obsolete)An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
2. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
3. (archaic)An enclosed or separate place; enclosure.
4. (archaic)A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms.