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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sentinel  \Sen"ti*nel\,  n.  [F.  sentinelle  (cf.  It  sentinella); 
  probably  originally,  a  litle  path,  the  sentinel's  beat,,  and 
  a  dim.  of  a  word  meaning,  path;  cf  F.  sente  path.  L.  semita; 
  and  OF  sentine,  sentele  senteret  diminutive  words  Cf 
  {Sentry}.] 
  1.  One  who  watches  or  guards;  specifically  (Mil.),  a  soldier 
  set  to  guard  an  army,  camp,  or  other  place  from  surprise, 
  to  observe  the  approach  of  danger,  and  give  notice  of  it 
  a  sentry. 
 
  The  sentinels  who  paced  the  ramparts.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  Watch;  guard.  [Obs.]  ``That  princes  do  keep  due 
  sentinel.''  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  marine  crab  ({Podophthalmus  vigil})  native  of 
  the  Indian  Ocean,  remarkable  for  the  great  length  of  its 
  eyestalks;  --  called  also  {sentinel  crab}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sentinel  \Sen"ti*nel\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sentineled}or 
  {Sentinelled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Sentineling}  or 
  {Sentinelling}.] 
  1.  To  watch  over  like  a  sentinel.  ``To  sentinel  enchanted 
  land.''  [R.]  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  2.  To  furnish  with  a  sentinel;  to  place  under  the  guard  of  a 
  sentinel  or  sentinels. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sentinel 
  n  :  a  person  employed  to  watch  for  something  to  happen  [syn:  {lookout}, 
  {lookout  man},  {sentry},  {watch},  {scout},  {picket}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Sentinel,  OK  (city,  FIPS  66400) 
  Location:  35.15661  N,  99.17347  W 
  Population  (1990):  960  (492  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  73664




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