to post a sentry (a sentinel)

  • 1Sentry — Sen try, n.; pl. {Sentires}. [Probably from OF. senteret a little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente. See {Sentinel}.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. [1913 Webster] 2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel. [1913 Webster] Here… …

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  • 2Sentry box — Sentry Sen try, n.; pl. {Sentires}. [Probably from OF. senteret a little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente. See {Sentinel}.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. [1913 Webster] 2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3sentinel — [sent′ n əl] n. [Fr sentinelle < It sentinella, ult. < L sentire, to feel, SENSE] a person or animal set to guard a group; specif., a sentry vt. sentineled or sentinelled, sentineling or sentinelling 1. to guard or watch over as a sentinel… …

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  • 4Sentinel Secondary School — Infobox Education in Canada name= Sentinel Secondary School imagesize= motto= Summis Cum Animis motto translation=with the greatest possible spirit streetaddress= city= West Vancouver province= British Columbia postalcode= areacode= phone= fax=… …

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  • 5sentinel — I. noun Etymology: Middle French sentinelle, from Old Italian sentinella, from sentina vigilance, from sentire to perceive, from Latin Date: 1579 sentry II. transitive verb ( neled or nelled; neling or nelling) …

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  • 6sentinel — 1. noun a) A sentry or guard. They promised faithfully to bear their confinement with patience, and were very thankful that they had such good usage as to have provisions and light left them; for Friday gave them candles (such as we made… …

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  • 7picket — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. post, pale, fence; sentry, guard, sentinel, patrol; striker, protester, goon. See warning, restraint, disobedience. v. enclose, bar, fence; tether, restrain. See circumscription. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

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  • 8Sentires — Sentry Sen try, n.; pl. {Sentires}. [Probably from OF. senteret a little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente. See {Sentinel}.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. [1913 Webster] 2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9General Orders for Sentries — Orders to Sentry is the official title of a set of rules governing sentry (guard or watch) duty in the United States armed forces. While any guard posting has rules that may go without saying ( Stay awake, for instance), these orders are… …

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  • 10Optimus Prime — is a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. Prime is the leader of the autobots, a faction of transforming robots from the planet Cybertron. The autobots are constantly waging war against a rival faction of transforming robots… …

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