Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
sentry .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A sentry.
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- noun Obsolete form of
sentry .
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Examples
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To pull an arrow out of the body; to exercise and strike with a clubbe, a buckler to theire feete, and take it if neede requireth, and defende himselfe, if neede requirs, from the ennemy; being in sentery to heark the ennemy that comes neere, and to heare the better lay him downe on the side.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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We leave a hogg att the doore for sentery, with a rope tyed to his foot.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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