SEVENS

fantan, sevens, parliament

(noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sevens

plural of seven

sevens pl (plural only)

(rugby) Rugby sevens.

(poker slang) A pair of sevens.

Source: Wiktionary


SEVEN

Sev"en, a. Etym: [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. saptan. sq. root305. Cf. Hebdomad, Heptagon, September.]

Definition: One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.

– Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.

– Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.

– Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.

– Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomoea tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.

Sev"en, n.

1. The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects. Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs. Milton.

2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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