The 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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