Defn: Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog. A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . . . Where armies whole have sunk. Milton.
SERE
Sere, a.
Defn: Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere.
Coleridge.
SERE
Sere, n. Etym: [F. serre.]
Defn: Claw; talon. [Obs.] Chapman.
SEREIN
Se*rein", n. Etym: [F. Cf. Serenade, n.] (Meteorol.)
Defn: A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset. Tyndall.
SERENADE Ser`*enade", n. Etym: [F. sérénade, It. serenata, probably fr. L. serenus serene (cf. Serene), misunderstood as a derivative fr. L. serus late. Cf. Soirée.] (Mus.) (a) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; — usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies. (b) A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times.
SERENADE
Ser`e*nade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Serenaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Serenading.]
Defn: To entertain with a serenade.