Meaning of serrous | Babel Free

Definitions

Like the teeth of a saw; jagged.

rare

Examples

“The silhouetted treeline gave the horizon a serrous appearance.”

“if while they hum we lay our finger on the back or other parts, for thereupon will be felt a serrous or jarring motion, like that which happeneth while we blow on the teeth of a comb through paper”

“Now bending, rising, rolling to the blast, Now serrous rustling to th' inconstant breeze...”

“The central and convex part had subsided some four hundred feet, forming a vast concave, and leaving a high, serrous, black ledge around the circumference of the crater.”

“The thunder cannons loudly roared, And lightning lanced like pain, But staunch they stood, in serrous file; I saw no more for rain.”

“A serrous bract subtends each floral bud. Occasionally a bracteole is also present.”

“The asphalt was serrous, littered with glass.”

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