Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as serrulate.

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  • adjective serrulate

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Examples

  • With nose serrulated by continuous spasms, hair bristling in recurrent waves, tongue whipping out like a red snake and whipping back again, ears flattened down, eyes gleaming hatred, lips wrinkled back, and fangs exposed and dripping, he could compel a pause on the part of almost any assailant.

    The Outcast 2010

  • Their very noses serrulated and shook in brute passion, and they snarled as the wolves snarl, with all the hatred and malignity of the breed impelling them to spring upon the woman and drag her down.

    LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010

  • Var. serrulatus; leaves tender, lanceolate, acute, serrulated; stamens about 44.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • Even and this as he stood when she reached his table the same serrulated scar across part of his chin, souvenir of a dormitory fight during his first month at Baverstock School for Boys.

    In the Presence of the Enemy George, Elizabeth 1996

  • The leaves have a strong, broad, pale green, shining mid-rib, are lance-shaped, nearly smooth, wavy, and serrulated; the upper surface is of a lively green colour, and the under side has a similar mealy covering to that of the scape.

    Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

  • +Gills+ adnate, 2 to 3 lines broad, somewhat distant, slightly serrulated, of a peculiar ashy violaceous color, at length slightly cinnamon from the spores.

    Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

  • His lips curled away from his sharp fangs; spasms serrulated his nose; the hair along his spine rose and fell.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • With nose serrulated by continuous spasms, hair bristling in recurrent waves, tongue whipping out like a red snake and whipping back again, ears flattened down, eyes gleaming hatred, lips wrinkled back, and fangs exposed and dripping, he could compel

    The Outcast 1906

  • Their very noses serrulated and shook in brute passion, and they snarled as the wolves snarl, with all the hatred and malignity of the breed impelling them to spring upon the woman and drag her down.

    Li-Wan, the Fair 1902

  • With nose serrulated by continuous spasms, hair bristling in recurrent waves, tongue whipping out like a red snake and whipping back again, ears flattened down, eyes gleaming hatred, lips wrinkled back, and fangs exposed and dripping, he could compel a pause on the part of almost any assailant.

    White Fang Jack London 1896

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