Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To crowd; press together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To crowd; to press together.
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- verb To
crowd ; to press together.
Etymologies
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French serrer, Latin serrare, serare, from Latin sera a bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See serries.
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Examples
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'I have seen him,' Milo writes somewhere, 'ride into a serry of knights, singing, throwing up and catching again his great sword Gaynpayn; then, all of a sudden, stiffen as with a gush of sap in his veins, dart his head forward, gather his horse together under him, and fling into the midst of them like a tiger into a herd of bulls.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892
Prolagus commented on the word serry
This sounds like a passing unusual word, at least according to my English-Italian dictionary that did not list it.
September 8, 2008
mollusque commented on the word serry
To press close together in ranks; now mostly used in the form serried.
September 8, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word serry
Thank you mollusque! It can be found online, but apparently Garzanti Linguistica* doesn't like it.
(*One of the most complete English to Italian free online dictionaries)
September 8, 2008