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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

2. 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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To crawl like a snake.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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