Definition of Snke
Snake (?), n. [AS. snaca; akin to
LG. snake, schnake, Icel. snākr,
sn&?;kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain
origin.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an
ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia,
and Serpent.
&fist; 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, etc. See under Blind,
Garter, etc. -- Fetich snake
(Zoöl.), a large African snake (Python
Sebæ) used by the natives as a fetich. --
Ringed snake (Zoöl.), a common
European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix). --
Snake eater. (Zoöl.) (a)
The markhoor. (b) The secretary
bird. -- Snake fence, a worm fence (which
see). [U.S.] -- Snake fly (Zoöl.),
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.
(Zoöl.) (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
(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of colubrine
snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus
Dendrophis and allied genera.
Snake, v. 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, v. i. To crawl like a
snake.
Snake (?), n. [AS. snaca; akin to
LG. snake, schnake, Icel. snākr,
sn&?;kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain
origin.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an
ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia,
and Serpent.
&fist; 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, etc. See under Blind,
Garter, etc. -- Fetich snake
(Zoöl.), a large African snake (Python
Sebæ) used by the natives as a fetich. --
Ringed snake (Zoöl.), a common
European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix). --
Snake eater. (Zoöl.) (a)
The markhoor. (b) The secretary
bird. -- Snake fence, a worm fence (which
see). [U.S.] -- Snake fly (Zoöl.),
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.
(Zoöl.) (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
(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of colubrine
snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus
Dendrophis and allied genera.
Snake, v. 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, v. i. To crawl like a
snake.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes.
- A tool for unclogging plumbing.
- (intransitive): To move in a winding path.
The river snakes through the valley.
- (transitive) (Australian slang): To steal slyly.
He snaked my DVD!
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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