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serried


adjective

  1. pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows: serried troops.

verb (used with or without object), ser·ried, ser·ry·ing. Archaic.

  1. to crowd closely together.

adjective

  1. in close or compact formationserried ranks of troops

adj.“pressed close together,” 1667 (in “Paradise Lost”), probably a past participle adjective from serry “to press close together” (1580s), a military term, from Middle French serre “close, compact” (12c.), past participle of serrer “press close, fasten,” from Vulgar Latin *serrare “to bolt, lock up,” from Latin serare, from sera “a bolt, bar, cross-bar,” perhaps from PIE *ser- (3) “to line up” (see series). Modern use is due to the popularity of Scott, who used it with phalanx.

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