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Definition of Serried

Serried
Serried Ser"ried, a. [See Serry.] Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together. Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. --Milton.
Serried
Serry Ser"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Serried; p. pr. & vb. n. Serrying.] [F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See Serries.] To crowd; to press together. Note: [Now perhaps only in the form serried, p. p. or a.]

Meaning of Serried from wikipedia

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- considered more likely that this results from a mistranslation of the word "serried", meaning a densely packed formation. The Navarrese force led by their...
- have thought them held fast by clamps of bronze. The Persians opposed us serried bands of mail-clad hor**** in such close order that the gleam of moving...
- Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale! The long-watched day is breaking The serried ranks of Innisfail Shall set the tyrant quaking Our camp fires now are...
- with an eye to a harmonious and "natural" composition rather than the serried ranks of old. From the late Renaissance and through the Baroque, it often...
- redeveloped heart of town are a handful mid-rise blocks of ex-council flats and serried ranks of former relatively philanthropic biscuit, brick and seeds...
- their noses they were able to get a little breath. The Persians opposed us serried bands of mail-clad hor**** in such close order that the gleam of moving...
- knotting and unknotting their girdles. ... Beside the heavenly nymphs are serried ranks of griffins, guardian deities and, most notoriously, extravagantly...
- of a concert hall where the seating surrounds the stage, rising up in serried rows in the manner of the sloping terraces of a vineyard. It may be contrasted...
- understanding and of style, which distinguish this book, lift it above the serried ranks of recollections and memoirs into the realm of literature. Harold...