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

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

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. [1913 Webster]

2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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. [1913 Webster]

The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

2. Watch; guard. [Obs.]

"That princes do keep due sentinel." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

sentinel

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay.

2. Watch; guard. [Obs.]

``That princes do keep due sentinel.'' --Bacon.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)