Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 29, 2011
serry \SER-ee\, verb:
To crowd closely together.
"Come, my anarchist friends, come my socialist buddies, come all ye who are discontented with life here in America, let us serry our forces and get together in the public square, where we will call ourselves the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement," perorated the B.O. to all the malcontents of America!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Serry means to crowd and is spelled serry.-- Mildred Colvin, Missouri Brides
To keep unsettled the questions upon which these united with the Liberation Society, —accustom a powerful contingent to work together with “political Dissenters,”—to serry friends and foes into hostile phalanx, —to accept battle on a week ground where it is only possible to rally half the forces...-- S. Wellington, The Spectator, Vol. 6
Serry is from the Middle Frenceh serré which was the past participle of serrer meaning “to press tightly together.”
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