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Seveʹrus (St.)

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Patron saint of fullers, being himself of the same craft.

The Wall of Severus. A stone rampart, built in 208 by the Emperor Seveʹrus, between the Tyne and the Solway. It is to the north of Hadrian’s wall, which was constructed in 120.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Several = separate;
Severn
Severus (St.)
Sèvres Ware
Sew the Button on
Sex
Sexagesima Sunday
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Sexton
Seyd [Seed]
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Shack
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