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severy Arch.|ˈsɛvərɪ|
Forms: 5 severy, -ee, 6 -ey; pl. 4 sewerwus, 5 severyse, civerys, (civers, cyfres), 6 severey(e)s.
[ad. OF. *civorie, civoire ciborium:—L. cibōri-um (see ciborium), used by Gervase of Canterbury (12th c.) in the following sense.]
A bay or compartment of a vaulted roof. Also, a compartment or section of scaffolding.
1399Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 131 In j porcione meremii empta de Willelmo Kyrkby pro sewerwus pro præd. tenemento, 6d. 1422–3Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 47 Pro vj magnis saplyngs emptis pro scaffaldyng in le severy Archiepiscopi. Ibid. 48 Pro bruscis porcinis pro bruscis faciendis ad dealbacionem le severyse in le yle ecclesiæ, 15d. a1490Botoner Itin. (1778) 244 Memorandum de le severee duarum fenestrarum. Ibid. 302 Ab illo hostio usque ad illas les civerys in quibus mariatagia dependent. 1506in Rel. Ant. II. 115 Which roof conteyneth vii. seuereys [printed senereys]. 1512in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 608 The tymber of ij seuereys of the said grete scaffold. Ibid., For euery seuerey in the seid churche.
1859Gwilt Archit. (ed. 4) 838 App., The vault of the chapel in question [i.e. King's Coll. Chapel at Cambr.] is divided into oblong severies. 1866R. Willis Archit. Hist. Glastonbury 35 The nave contained ten severies, the eastern arm of the cross four severies. 1883Archæol. Cantiana XV. 64 It projects a severy eastward of the rest of the range. |