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Webster 1913 Edition
Snake
Snake
,Noun.
[AS.
snaca
; akin to LG. snake
, schnake
, Icel. snākr
, sn[GREEK]kr
, Dan. snog
, Sw. snok
; of uncertain origin.] (Zool.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See
Ophidia
, and Serpent
. ☞ Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man.
Blind snake
, Garter snake
, Green snake
, King snake
, Milk snake
, Rock snake
, Water snake
Fetich snake
(Zool.)
, a large African snake (
– Python Sebae
) used by the natives as a fetich. Ringed snake
(Zool.)
, a common European columbrine snake (
– Tropidonotus natrix
). Snake eater
. (Zool.)
(a)
The markhoor
. (b)
The secretary bird.
– Snake fence
, a worm fence (which see).
[U.S.]
– Snake fly
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus
– Rhaphidia
; – so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. Snake gourd
(Bot.)
, a cucurbitaceous plant (
– Trichosanthes anguina
) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. Snake killer
. (Zool.)
(a)
The secretary bird
. (b)
The chaparral cock.
– Snake moss
(Bot.)
, the common club moss (
– Lycopodium clavatum
). See Lycopodium
. Snake nut
(Bot.)
, the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (
– Ophiocaryon paradoxum
) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. Tree snake
(Zool.)
, any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus
Dendrophis
and allied genera.Snake
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Snaked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snaking
.] 1.
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; – often with out.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Bartlett.
2.
(Naut.)
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
Snake
,Verb.
I.
To crawl like a snake.
Webster 1828 Edition
Snake
SNAKE
,Noun.
SNAKE
,Verb.
T.