Back to Webster

Webster

Sevennight

SEV'ENNIGHT, n. [seven and night.] A week; the period of seven days and nights; or the time from one day of the week to the next day of the same denomination preceding or following. Our ancestors numbered the...

Webster Dictionary
English dictionary 16.3 MB

Meaning

SEV'ENNIGHT, n. [seven and night.] A week; the period of seven days and nights; or the time from one day of the week to the next day of the same denomination preceding or following. Our ancestors numbered the diurnal rebolutions of the earth by nights, as they reckoned the annual revolutions by winters. Sevennight is now contracted into sennight, which see.

Ampiaw
Add to home screen for a faster, app-like experience