different between berried vs serried

English

Verb

berried

1. simple past tense and past participle of berry

Adjective

berried (comparative more berried, superlative most berried)

1. Bearing berries.
   • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 104:

     The kissing-bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morel's head as she trimmed her little tarts in the kitchen.

   • 2013, David Williams, A Little Course in Wine Tasting (page 44)

     This style of wine uses small-berried, thick-skinned grapes which produce less juice than those used for crisp white wines, but with more concentration and weight.

2. Consisting of a berry; baccate.

   a berried shrub

Anagrams

• briered

English

Verb

serried

1. simple past tense and past participle of serry

Adjective

serried (comparative more serried, superlative most serried)

1. Crowded together in rows.
   • 1912, Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence, Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence

     They have, in the security of their sumptuous offices, behind stout mill gates and serried rows of bayonets and policemen's clubs, defied the State, city, and public.

   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 45:

     The Murris in their serried invisible ranks crowd around her.

Usage notes

• Used especially of ranks of troops.

Translations

Anagrams

• Reiders, Rieders, desirer, redries, resider