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In a serpentine manner.

See 2d Ophite.

To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine. -- Ser`pen*tin`i*za"tion, n.

Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.

To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine. [R.] The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive. Walpole.

A winding like a serpent's.

To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.

A stable; a shippen. [Obs.] The shepne brenning with the blacke smoke. Chaucer.

A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]

p. p. of Shape. Chaucer.

An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton.

visions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott. Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.

One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum.

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread Isa. lv. 2.

One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

The act of expending; expenditure. Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]

One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.

Spendthrift; prodigal. [R.]