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1Serried — Ser ried, a. [See {Serry}.] Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together. [1913 Webster] Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
2serried — index compact (dense), solid (compact) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3serried — pressed close together, 1667 (in Paradise Lost ), pp. of serry to press close together (1580s), a military term, from M.Fr. serre close, compact, pp. of serrer press close, fasten, from V.L. *serrare to bolt, lock up, from L. serare, from sera… …
4serried — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of rows of people or things) standing close together. ORIGIN from archaic serry «press close», probably from French serré close together …
5serried — [ser′ēd] adj. [pp. of obs. serry < Fr serrer, to crowd < LL serare, to lock: see SERAGLIO] placed close together; crowded; compact, as soldiers in ranks …
6serried — [17] The phrase serried ranks is first recorded in William Wilkie’s Epigoniad 1757, but it was clearly inspired by Milton’s ‘Nor serv’d it to relax their serried files’ in Paradise Lost 1667. It means ‘rows crowded close together’, and serried is …
7serried — [[t]se̱rid[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Serried things or people are closely crowded together in rows. [LITERARY] ...serried rows of law books and law reports. ...the serried ranks of fans. Syn: dense …
8serried — [17] The phrase serried ranks is first recorded in William Wilkie’s Epigoniad 1757, but it was clearly inspired by Milton’s ‘Nor serv’d it to relax their serried files’ in Paradise Lost 1667. It means ‘rows crowded close together’, and serried is …
9Serried — 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… …
10serried — adjective Date: 1667 1. crowded or pressed together ; compact < the crowd collected in a serried mass W. S. Maugham > 2. [by alteration] marked by ridges ; serrate < the serried contours of the…mountains American Guide Series: Oregon > •… …