† serrv.
Obsolete.
reflexive, passive, and intransitive. To press close together; esp. to serry the ranks, form a serried company.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together
thrumble1513
throng1539
pack1545
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close1566
frequent1578
thwack1589
contrude1609
crowd1612
serry1639
wedge1720
stuff1728
pig1745
jam1771
condensate1830
wad1850
sardine1895
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (reflexive)] > stand close together in rank
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (reflexive)] > specifically of people or animals > crowd closely together
shockc1400
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > crowd together
thickc1000
pressa1350
empressc1400
shock1548
serry1581
pester1610
serr1683
thicken1726
crush1755
scrouge1798
pack1828
to close up1835
to be packed (in) like sardines1911
scrum1913
1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 31v The Christians serred them selues and charged them.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 33 Let vs, serred together, forcibly breake into the riuer.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 18 His Troope of 600 Horse close serred.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §82 The more grosse of the Tangible Parts doe contract and serre themselues together.
1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 22 They were oblig'd to serr together as close as they could.
1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 43 Some Tribunes..found the Gauls serr'd together in a Testudo.
1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 88 His own men were..hardly able though serred together to stand the shock.
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