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Traditional English :: sere(1)
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sereal.html - n. a catch of a gunlock holding the hammer at half or full cock. [prob. f. OF serre lock, bolt, grasp, f. serrer (see SERRIED )] |
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Traditional English :: sere(2)
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sereal.html - var. of SEAR adj. |
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Traditional English :: sere(3)
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sereal.html - n.
Ecol. a sequence of animal or plant communities. [L serere join in a SERIES] |
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Traditional English :: serein
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sereal.html - n.
a fine rain falling in tropical climates from a cloudless sky. [F f. OF serain ult. f. L serum evening f. serus late] |
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Traditional English :: serenade
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sereal.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of music sung or played at night, esp. by a lover under his lady's window, or suitable for this.
2 = SERENATA. --v.tr. sing or play a serenade to. serenader n. [F s÷r÷nade f. It. serenata f. sereno SERENE] |
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Traditional English :: serenata
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sereal.html - n.
Mus.
1 a cantata with a pastoral subject.
2 a simple form of suite for orchestra or wind band. [It. (as SERENADE)] |
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