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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. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. Macaulay. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do keep due sentinel." Bacon. 3. (Zol.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab. Sen"tinel 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. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. スポンサード リンク
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