1.
[syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentineledor
Sentinelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sentineling or
Sentinelling.]
1. To watch over like a sentinel. "To sentinel enchanted
land." [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a
sentinel or sentinels.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella);
probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and
a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita;
and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf.
Sentry.]
1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier
set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise,
to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it;
a sentry.
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The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay.
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2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do keep due sentinel."
--Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of
the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its
eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sentinel
n 1: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
[syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry,
watch, spotter, scout, picket]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Sentinel, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 859
Housing Units (2000): 411
Land area (2000): 0.614016 sq. miles (1.590293 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.614016 sq. miles (1.590293 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66400
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.156659 N, 99.173829 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73664
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sentinel, OK
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