SNAKE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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.

4.
v.

To crawl like a snake.

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