Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together;
- Example: "in serried ranks"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Serried \Ser"ried\, a. [See Serry.]
Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.
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Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
serried
adj 1: (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed
together; "in serried ranks"