in several

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in several - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Several \Sev"er*al\, n.
     1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an
        individual. [Obs.]
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              There was not time enough to hear . . .
              The severals.                         --Shak.
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     2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
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              Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous
              family, nor left any behind them.     --Addison.
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     3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs.]
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              They had their several for heathen nations, their
              several for the people of their own nation.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     In several, in a state of separation. [R.] "Where pastures
        in several be." --Tusser.
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