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SETTLEWOOD, a hamlet of England, in Gloucestershire, 
adjoining the town of Hawkesbury. 
SETTLING, s. [fetlung. Sax.] The act of making a 
settlement. Settlement; dregs. 
’Tis but the lees, 
And settlings of a melancholy blood. Milton. 
SETTRINGTON, a parish of England, East Riding of 
Yorkshire; 4 miles east-by-south of New Malton. Popula¬ 
tion 729. 
SETUBAL, or St. Ubes, a considerable town of Portugal, 
on a bay of the Atlantic, at the mouth of the river Sado ; 
16 miles south-south-east of Lisbon. In the dreadful earth¬ 
quake of 1755, it was almost entirely levelled with the 
ground, but was soon rebuilt, and in a much better style, 
the limits of the old town being extended, and the whole 
fortified with a mound, a citadel called San Felippe, and 
several small forts. The streets are now paved, the harbour 
commodious, the quays broad and spacious. The town 
contains five churches, eleven monasteries, an hospital, and 
an arsenal. Its trade is active, consisting in the export of the 
products of Portugal, such as lemons, olives, oil, wine 
(particularly a species of muscadel), and, above all, in bay 
salt, of which no less than 200,000 tons are made annually 
here. It often happens that vessels, after discharging their 
cargoes in the ports of the Mediterranean, come hereto take 
in a return cargo of this article. Population 12,000. 
SETUNA, a small sea-port on the Grain coast of Africa. 
SE'TWAL, s. An herb. See Valeriana. 
SETZDORF, a small town of Austrian Silesia, in the 
circle of Troppau, with 1600 inhabitants. 
SEU, a river of Malacca, which falls into the sea of China. 
Lat. 6. 45. N. long. 10. 19. E. 
SEVAJEE, a distinguished person in the history of 
Hindoostan, the founder of the modern Mahratta empire, 
was the son of Shawjee, who, from an humble situation, 
had raised himself by his talents to be guardian to a minor 
of the house of Nizam Shah. On a Mogul invasion of the 
country, being closely pursued by the troops of his father- 
in-law, Jadoo Row', with whom he was at enmity, Shawjee 
escaped with an infant son, and left a pregnant wife to fall 
into the hands of her father. She was kindly received, and 
was delivered of her second son, Sevajee, the subject of this 
article, in the month of May, 1626, and finally separated 
from her husband. 
Sevajee, at the age of 17, placed himself at the head of a 
body of banditti, who pillaged all the neighbouring dis¬ 
tricts, which so affected the person who had been entrusted 
with the care of his education, that he put an end to his 
life. Upon this, Sevajee took possession of the property 
accumulated from his father's estate, and increased the 
number of his followers, so as to become a most formidable 
freebooter. His exploits soon rendered him dangerous to 
the government of Visiapour, which sent a powerful army 
against him, and brought him to submission. Sevajee asked 
pardon for his offences, and by the humility of his deport¬ 
ment, threw the general sent against him off his guard, 
till he found an opportunity to stab him to the heart with a 
concealed dagger; in consequence of which the army dis¬ 
persed. Shawjee, the father of this desperate young man, 
was now high in office at Visiapour, and though he pre¬ 
tended entirely to have renounced his son, a correspondence 
between them was suspected, and a plan was formed for 
seizing his person, and putting him to death. He was, 
however, saved by the intercession of a patron, and at length 
restored to office. But he was resolved to have ample re¬ 
venge for the affront, and caused Sevajee to murder the chief 
who had seized him, and his whole family. After this 
Shawjee paid a visit to his son at Poona in great state, and 
manifested much affection and respect for him. 
Sevajee now proceeded in a career of successful predatory 
war, and in 1664 pillaged the.rich city of Surat. Having, 
in 1672, laid the king of Golconda under a heavy contri¬ 
bution, he afterwards entered into an alliance with other poten¬ 
tates against the Mogul and the king of Visiapour, the object 
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of which was the expulsion of all the Mahometan powers 
from the Deccan ; and marching with a great army, in 1677, 
towards Golconda, he took possession of many fortresses, 
and pillaged the whole country. His half-brother, Ecojee, 
was now king of Tanjore; and the different branches of 
the family were possessed of a large portion of India. 
The principal dominions of Sevajee were in the tract called 
Concan, extending from the south of Surat to the south of 
Goa, which rendered him completely master of the western 
Gauts ; from which he was, at all times, able to issue and 
ravage the plain country, while it was impossible to force 
him from his fastnesses: hence he was denominated by Au- 
rungzebe, the mountain rat. Sevajee continued this course of 
action till his death, in 1680, when he was succeeded in his 
conquests by his son Sambajee. 
SEVASTOPOL, a town of the south of European Russia, 
in the Crimea, on a small bay of the Euxine. This was one 
of the chief mercantile towns of the ancient kingdom of 
Colchis, but in modern times was known only as a petty 
Tartar village, called Achtiar, which has been erected into a 
town since the Crimea was seized by Russia. Its increase 
has been rapid; it now contains above 3000 inhabitants, is 
the station of a part of the Russian fleet, and has several 
good establishments, such as hospitals, docks and dock¬ 
yards, barracks, an arsenal, a lazaretto, a large market-place, 
&e. The harbour is excellent, and is compared to those of 
Malta and Port Mahon. The principal bay runs up between 
four and five miles into the land, is from 600 to 800 tathoms 
in width, and from 10 to 11 fathoms deep, is perfectly 
sheltered, and without a single shoal; 42 miles south of 
Eupatoria, and 42 south-west of Simferopol. Lat. 43. 41. 
30. N. long. 34. 11. E. 
SEUDRE, a river in the south-west of France, department 
of the Lower Charente, which falls into the sea opposite to 
the south point of the island of Oleron. It is navigable for 
ships of 200 tons, to 11 miles from its mouth. 
SEVE, or Sieve, a river of Tuscany, which rises among 
the Appennines, and falls into the Arno. 
SEVE, a small river of Hanover, in the principality of 
Luneburg, which falls into the Elbe near Harburg. 
SEVEN, a small river of England, in Yorkshire, which 
runs into the Derwent, between Cotehouse and Wickham. 
SE'VEN, adj. [jeofon, Saxon.] Four and three; on 
more than six. It is used in poetry as one long syllable, 
being one of the rare examples in our language of two short 
syllables. 
Let ev’ry man be master of his time 
Till seven at night. Shakspecire. 
Sev'n bullocks, yet unyok’d, for Phoebus chuse ; 
And for Diana sev'n unspotted ewes. Dri/den. 
SEVENAER, a small inland town of the Netherlands, in 
the province of Gelderland, with 900 inhabitants; 10 miles 
north of Cleves. 
SEVEN AGES, rocks in the Carribean sea, near the 
south-east coast of the island of Blanca. 
SEVENBECK, a small inland town of the Nether¬ 
lands, in the province of East Flanders, with 1400 inhabit¬ 
ants. 
SEVENBERGEN, a small inland town of the Nether¬ 
lands, in the province of North Brabant, with 3200 in¬ 
habitants ; 8 miles north-west of Breda. 
SEVEN BROTHERS, a cluster of small islands near the 
north coast of Hispaniola. They lie opposite the mouth of 
Monte Christ river, or Grand Yaqui; they have occasioned 
several wrecks, and prove a shelter to privateers. Lat. 19. 
53. N. long. 72. 35. W. 
SE'VENFOLD, adj. Repeated seven times. 
Upon this dreadful beast with sevenfold head. 
He set the false Duessa for more awe and dread. Spenser. 
The sevenfold shield of Ajax cannot keep 
The battery from my heart. Shakspcare. 
SEVENFOLD, adv. In the proportion of seven to one. 
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