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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Several \Sev"er*al\, a. [OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ
   separate, different. See Sever, Separate.]
   1. Separate; distinct; particular; single.
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            Each several ship a victory did gain. --Dryden.
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            Each might his several province well command,
            Would all but stoop to what they understand. --Pope.
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   2. Diverse; different; various. --Spenser.
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            Habits and faculties, several, and to be
            distinguished.                        --Bacon.
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            Four several armies to the field are led. --Dryden.
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   3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many;
      divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the
      event took place.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Several \Sev"er*al\, adv.
   By itself; severally. [Obs.]
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         Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or
         storehoudses.                            --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

several
    adj 1: (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than
           2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail";
           "several people were injured in the accident"
    2: considered individually; "the respective club members";
       "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports
       all agreed" [syn: respective(a), several(a),
       various(a)]
    3: distinct and individual; "three several times"