sentry, sentery, sentrie

[A corrupt. of sentinel (q. v.).] 1. A soldier posted on guard; a sentinel. 2. The duty of a sentinel; guard, watch. *3. A prop, a support. "Pleasure is but like sentries, or wooden frames, set under arches, till they be strong by their own weight and consolidation to stand alone." - Jeremy Taylor: Ap ples of Sodom. sentry-box, 8. A small shed to cover a sentry on his post and shelter him from the weather. sěn-vỹ, sěn'-vie, s . [French sénevé =the genus Sinapis.J Bot : Sinapis nigra, S. alba, and S. arvensis. ( Britten & Holland .) senz'-a (z as tz), prep. [Ital.] Music: Without; as, senza accompagnamento, without accompaniment; senza ba i , without the ba es; senza sordini , without the dampers in pianoforte playing; senza sordino , without the mute of a violin; senza stromenti, without instruments; senza tempo , without time, in no definite or exactly marked time. sěp-a-hi, s. [SEPOY.] IMG:content-1216.png:[blocks in formation] "In a secret vale the Trojan sees A separate grove." -Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , vi. 953. 5. Disunited from the body; incorporeal. sepia