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Definition of Serried
1. Adjective. (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together. "In serried ranks"
Definition of Serried
1. a. Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.
Definition of Serried
1. Adjective. crowded together in rows ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serried
1. serry [v] - See also: serry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serried
Literary usage of Serried
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He spoke, and, one in heart, they gather'd all Round him with bucklers serried
in their front. Then, adverse, tow'rd his friends ^Eneas look'd Likewise, ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"Sometimes these line, for a considerable distance, the avenues of approach to
tombs and temples, and are compactly ranged in serried ranks, like soldiers at ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... Virginia, sound your clarion, False, false is the heart that refuses to yield
From your serried ranks of war ! Fall in line with State of Marion, ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"... are compactly ranged in serried ranks, like soldiers at a dress parade, or
people waiting for some grand procession. They are called lanterns, ..."
5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"Sometimes these line, for a considerable distance, the avenues of approach to
tombs and temples, and are compactly ranged in serried ranks, like soldiers at ..."
6. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Spread thy huge body dying on the ground; Yea, dying, thou whom Greeks in serried
arms Subdued not, nor Achilles' hand that hurled The throne of Priam down: ..."
7. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1905)
"A shabby little room,—with Despair in a worn-out sleep in one chair, and despairing
Hope knitting her white brows over serried rows of figures at the desk ..."
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