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Definition of Centries
1. centry [n] - See also: centry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centries
Literary usage of Centries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"... that he, and the man who was then with him had been placed as centries at ...
these two centries heard their Party fire, they were then to leave their ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... with centries set upon them, and the two •«omen weeping, ... were from tyme
to tyme releived, and that there were centries pot upon severall ..."
3. A plan of discipline, composed for the use of the militia of the county of by William Windham, George Townshend Townshend (1760)
"When the laft of the centries are returned to the guard, the officer of the old
guard will order his guard to club their Firelocks, and then give them the ..."
4. Historical Account of Bouquet's Expedition Against the Ohio Indians, in 1764 by William Smith, Charles Guillaume Frédéric Dumas (1868)
"to the rear, and two before each of the long faces of the camp, making in all
ten advanced guards of 22 men each, and 7 centries, covered if ..."
5. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1892)
"Their out centries are posted about two hundred and fifty yds. from the Bottom
of the Hill. ... The centries not more than 50 yds. from each other. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1886)
"Two of our centries fired on two men in the bush, suppose them to be spies — the
officers ... Ditto 14' Alarm this night by the centries, firing some Guns, ..."
7. Essex Institute Historical Collections by Essex Institute, Peabody & Essex Museum (1877)
"As it is of the last importance that centries should be alert in their Duty, &
watchfull on their Posts, and as most of the misfortunes we have met with in ..."
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