Hypertext Webster Gateway: "serried"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Serried \Ser"ried\, a. [See {Serry}.]
Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.

Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Serry \Ser"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Serried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Serrying}.] [F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a
bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See
{Serries}.]
To crowd; to press together.

Note: [Now perhaps only in the form serried, p. p. or a.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

serried
adj : (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed
together; "in serried ranks"


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