Defn: To tend or point toward the north; to north. Sir T. Browne.
SEPTET; SEPTETTE
Sep*tet", Sep*tette", n. Etym: [From L. septem seven, like duet, from
L. duo.]
1. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; — called also septuor.
SEPTFOIL Sept"foil, n. Etym: [F. sept seven (L. septem) + E. foil leaf: cf. L. septifolium.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil,
Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.