Sentinel

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or
     {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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sentinel
       n : a person employed to watch for something to happen [syn: {lookout},
            {lookout man}, {sentry}, {watch}, {spotter}, {scout}, {picket}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Sentinel, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    859
     Housing Units (2000): 411
     Land area (2000):     0.614016 sq. miles (1.590293 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.614016 sq. miles (1.590293 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            66400
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.156659 N, 99.173829 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     73664
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Sentinel, OK
      Sentinel