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septime|ˈsɛptɪm|
[ad. L. septimus, ordinal of septem seven.]
1. Mus.
a. Proposed name for the octave. rare—0.
b. [after G. septime] A seventh. (In recent Dicts.)
1763Ann. Reg., Misc. 192 2 By dividing the musical notes into six, as nature directs, the unisound will fall on the seventh note, and should, for this reason, be called a septime, and not an octave.
2. Fencing. A parry: see quots.
1889Pollock, etc. Fencing (Badm. Libr.) 46 To parry septime, bring the foil into septime by making it describe half a circle from right to left, passing under the adversary's blade or hand. Ibid. 77 From septime, to give the Bertrand riposte. 1897Encycl. Sport I. 379/2 (Fencing) Septime: The hand opposite the right shoulder, the finger nails turned upwards, the arm half extended, elbow down, the blade horizontal, the point opposite the left shoulder. |