sentinel

4 definitions found

sentinel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentineledor
     Sentinelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sentineling or
     Sentinelling.]
     1. To watch over like a sentinel. "To sentinel enchanted
        land." [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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     2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a
        sentinel or sentinels.
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  Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella);
     probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and
     a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita;
     and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf.
     Sentry.]
     1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier
        set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise,
        to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it;
        a sentry.
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              The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay.
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     2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do keep due sentinel."
        --Bacon.
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     3. (Zool.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of
        the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its
        eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
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sentinel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sentinel
      n 1: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
           [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry,
           watch, spotter, scout, picket]

sentinel - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Sentinel, OK (city, FIPS 66400)
    Location: 35.15661 N, 99.17347 W
    Population (1990): 960 (492 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 73664