serry

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   archaic or literary: to crowd or press people or things closely together, especially in ranks or rows

   The guards serried their ranks before the gate opened.

2. 2
   verb

   archaic or literary: to draw close together in a dense formation

   Dark clouds serried along the horizon before the storm.

Borrowed from Middle French serre, the past participle of serrer, 'press or crowd together,' ultimately from Late Latin serare, 'fasten or bolt.' The participle serried remains much more common than the rare verb.

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