SERRIED

serried

(adjective) (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; “in serried ranks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

serried

simple past tense and past participle of serry

Adjective

serried (comparative more serried, superlative most serried)

Crowded together in rows.

Usage notes

• Used especially of ranks of troops.

Anagrams

• Reiders, Rieders, desirer, redries, resider

Source: Wiktionary

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Ser"ried, a. Etym: [See Serry.]

Definition: Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together. Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. Milton.

SERRY

Ser"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Serried; p. pr. & vb. n. Serrying.] Etym: [F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See Serries.]

Definition: To crowd; to press together.

Note: [Now perhaps only in the form serried, p. p. or a.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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