Both Uses of
sever
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- At length Mr Snittle Timberry rose in the most approved attitude, with one hand in the breast of his waistcoat and the other on the nearest snuff-box, and having been received with great enthusiasm, proposed, with abundance of quotations, his friend Mr Vincent Crummles: ending a pretty long speech by extending his right hand on one side and his left on the other, and severally calling upon Mr and Mrs Crummles to grasp the same.†
Chpt 48
- The sharp features and white hair appearing alone, above the parapet, looked like a severed head garnishing the wall.†
Chpt 59 *
Definition:
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(sever) to split something into two unconnected parts -- usually by cutting
or:
to break up or end a relationship; or to separate from something