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serried |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: serried adj : (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks"
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