\En"try\, n.; pl. {Entries}. [OE. entree, entre, F.
entr['e]e, fr. entrer to enter. See {Enter}, and cf.
{Entr['e]e}.]
1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance;
   ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the
   entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a
   river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an
   entry upon an undertaking.
2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in
   writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry
   of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
         A notary made an entry of this act.   --Bacon.
3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a
   house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an
   adit, as of a mine.
         A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.
4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at
   the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the
   giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the
   customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
   See {Enter}, v. t., 8, and {Entrance}, n., 5.
5. (Law)
   (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
       entering or setting foot on them.
   (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
   (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to
       constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill.
{Bill of entry}. See under {Bill}.
{Double entry}, {Single entry}. See {Bookkeeping}.
{Entry clerk} (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries
   of transactions in a business.
{Writ of entry} (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of
   obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully
   entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.