snake 
pe 
N 
snake the common mike of Vmp*, TrmtdmSSfiE. 
Bi n J i '"' !"'',"""'" ? M <'" Mder FrapUmotui 
-Ring-necked snake, in,,,!,,/,!,;, ,,/,,,,7 (( (, K s.-<- ////./- 
,u,.cfc,; Russelian snake, Dofcfe nuMiU. See cut " i . 
dor ,labo, m .-Scarlet snake. (> l;/,;,,,,*,,,,,,, , ./, 
of the southern United States, ringed with red l.laek' 
and yellow like the harlequin or a .wal-snnke but Inrin" 
). ( ') see scarlet.- Scarlet- spotted snake, Orach,/. 
'ii,,i iiiu.inna, Sea-snake. See maZsnmL 2 and 
tiHdnyhiJu. -Short-tailed snakes, the ortrieid.- 
brnooth snake, Corondla leevis, the Austrian snake 
Snake in the grass, underhand, plotting, deceitful 
nerson -Snake pipe-flsh, the straight-nosed pipe-fish, 
-Veraphisophidiim, of British waters. Couch. - Spectacled 
snake the true cobra, Xaja tripudiam, and sonic similar- 
ly marked cobras. See cut under cobra-de-cavello Snot 
tea-neck snake, the North American Stonria 'dckairi a 
s^^j^^yt^stSSi 
S&f^wvS^^^^^ 
of Ophibolus especially 0. gehdm, the king, or chain- 
snake, and 0. mining, the house- or milk snake The 
name probably means no more than that these like a 
good many other snakes, crawl out of their holes when it 
the ringed sea-snake, Emi/dneeplialns an'mdtitut ' 'Tosee 
snakes, to have snakes in one's boots, to have deliri- 
Snake-buzzard (Circaftus fnllicHs). 
I screamer, or seriema, Carianut cristata. 
See cut under seriema. 
also blind-snake, blowing-snake, bull-snake, carpet-snake, 
chain-snake, chicken-stiake, coral-snake, corn-gnake, dart- 
snake, desert-snake, fetish-snake, garter-snake, glass snake 
(/round-snake, hog-snake, hoop-snake, horn-snake milk- 
snake, jnlot-snake, pine-snake, rat-snake, ribbon-snake, rncli- 
snake, sand-snake, siua-snake, tree-snake, water-snake whin- 
snake, worm-snake.) 
snake (snak), v.; pret. and pp. snaked, ppr. 
snaking. [< snake, n.~\ I. intrans. To move or 
wind like a snake ; serpentine ; move spirally. 
snake-doctor (snak'dok'tor), . 1. The dob- 
son or hellgrammite. [Pennsylvania.] 2. A 
dragon-fly, horse-stinger, or mosquito-hawk. 
Also snake-feeder. 
snake-eater (snak'e"ter), . Same as Ht-riM-iil- 
eater. 
snake-eel (snak'el), n. An 
ester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. no tail-fin, and thus resembles a snake's. 
An arrow snakes when it slips under the grass Snake-feeder (snak' fe'der), H. 1. Same as 
M. and W. Thompson, Archery, p. 64. snake-doctor, 1. [Ohio.] 2. Same as snakr- 
Projectiles subject to this influence [spiral motion of rfo <'"'> 2 - 
rotation round their original direction) are technically Snake-fence (snak'fens), . See snakf fence 
said to make. Farrow, Mil. Encyc., III. 130. under/fce. 
II. trans. 1. To drag or haul, especially by snake-fern (snak'feru), M. The hart's-tongue 
a chain or rope fastened around one end of the _5r s ^>{l>e>idriiimndf/are. A1 '-- * 
. 
object, as a log; hence, to pull forcibly ierk- snake-fish (snak'fish), n. 1. A kind 
used generally with out or -along. TU S f fisu ' as ^"odusfcetctis or ,V. >iii/ops.2. 
- 
Also snake-leave*. 
. kind of lizard- 
., ,). 2. The red 
band-fish, Cepola rubescens: more fully called 
red snake-fish. See Cepolitlee. 3. The oar-fish. 
See cut under Beyalecus. 
After mining, the log is easily snaked out of the swamp sn . a . ke - fl y (*5fc, M ' A . neuropterous insect 
and is ready for the mill or factory. ' of the genus Itapludia or family Haphidiidse ; a 
Sd. Arner., N. a, LIX. 26fi. camel-fly: so called from the elongated form of 
the head and neck, and the facility with which 
it moves the front of the body in different direc- 
tions. They are mostly to be found in the neighborhood 
of woods and streams. The common European species is 
_ . . 4 ftaphidia ophiopsis. 
between the strands will be filled up; worm, snake-gourd (snak'gord), H. See i/o,,rd. 
(c) To fasten (backstays) together by small snakehead (snak'hed), . 1. Same as simke's- 
ropes stretched from one to the other, so that if head, 1. 2. A plant, the turtle-head, Clieloite 
one backstay is shot away in action it may not 
fall on deck. 
snake-bird (snak'berd), n. 1. A totipalmate 
Unless some legal loophole can be found through which 
an evasion or extension can be successfully snaked 
Philadelphia Press, No. 2810, p. 4 (1883). 
2. Naut.: (a) To pass small stuff across the 
outer turns of (a seizing) by way of finish. (6) 
To wind small stuff, as marline or spun-yarn, 
spirally round (a large rope) so that the spaces 
natatorial bird of the family Plotidse and genus 
Plotus: so called from the long, slender, snaky 
neck ; a snake-neck ; an anhinga or water-tur- 
key; a darter. See cut under anhinga. 2. 
The wryneck, lynx torquilla: so named from 
the serpentine movement of the neck. See 
cut under wryneck. [Eng.] 
snake-boat (snak'bot), n. Same as pamban- 
manche. 
snake-box (suak'boks), . A faro-box fraudu- 
lently made so that a slight projection called a 
snake warns the dealer of the approach of a 
particular card. 
snake-buzzard (snak'buz'iird), . The short- 
toed eagle, (lireaetux gallicus. See Circaetus, 
and description under short-toed. See also cut 
in next column. 
snake-cane (snak'kan), n. A palm, Kunthia 
montana, of the United States of Colombia and 
Brazil, having a reed-like ringed stem. From the f 
resemblance of the latter to a snake, its Juice is fancied by '<""", ee bcolopCHtlrtum. 
the natives to be a cure for snake-bites. The stem is used snakelet (snak let), w. [< snake + -let.'] A 
for blowpipes to propel poisoned arrows. small snake. 1'op. Sri. Mo., XXX. 167. 
snake-charmer (snak'char"mer), M. Same as snake-line (snak'lin), . Small stuff passed in 
serpen t-i-huriiu-r. a zigzag manner or spirally between two larger 
snake-charming (inak'eb.ar / ming), M. Same ropes 
glabrn, used in medicine as a tonic and aperi- 
ent. See Chelone.S. A fish of the family 
Ophiocepltalidee. 4. A snake-headed turtle, 
Cliclys matamata, having a large flat carapace 
and long pointed head, found in South Amer- 
ica. See cut under Cheli/d idse. 5. The end of 
a flat railroad-rail when curling upward, in the 
beginning of railroad-building in America the track was 
sometimes made by screwing or spiking straps of iron 
along the upper side of timbers ; an end of such a rail 
often became bent upward, and sometimes so far as to be 
caught by a wheel and driven up through the car, to the 
danger or injury of the passengers. Such a loose end was 
called a snakehead from its moving up and down when 
the wheels passed over it. Also gnake's-head. [U. 8.] 
snake-headed (snak'hed'ed), a. Having a 
head like a snake's, as a turtle. See fiitikv- 
hcad, 4. 
snake-killer (snak'kiFer), n. 1. The ground- 
cuckoo or chaparral-cock, Geococeyx calif orni- 
aniis. See cut under chapurritl-eock. [Western 
U. S.] 2. The secretary-bird. See cut under 
secretary-bird. 
snake-leaves (snak'levz), . Same as 
snake's-egg 
South Africa, i .nin, 
longing in iliiicn-iit gem ia and lamili '", pop- 
M!;II]> mi-tak'-M lur anil .'alli-d n,,ik,<. Tin- lilindn. 
wiilln of r.ni.. bi M.i|iiiMk (/ 
-!:.-* Miaki' ' ' 
Hii^ i Hi,' amg.|ii>><:. snake. 
n.. :',. ami ruts nniiiT /,/ . Hinkr. and schelto- 
snake-locked ^nak'lokt). n. Having snaky 
loks Or gOmetHiUg like (liem: as. su<ll;r-lu<-l;i : <t 
Medusa : (he xiuil.'i-tiM-hd ain-iiiiuie. a kiinl "\ 
lea-Anemone, >/(/<// tin ,-i,i,,iiin. 
snake-moss (.snak'mos), . The cnnimoii club- 
moss. l.i/,',i/i,i,liini, rliirnliini. I, nil. Ilii-l. 
snakemouth (tnftk'moatb), n. The snake's- 
llltllllh nrrhis. l',,,/i,,,i,l i,lillin,ll,,x*,ii,t,-H. 
snakeneck (snak'nek). . A snaky-nei-keil 
bird; the snake-liiril. 
There was nothing to vary the uniform prospect [In <hi 
\\ hiii- \iii. n-Kii,i||, i-.M-i-pt |n M ' : tin-re a soli- 
tary make-neck | Pluttts le,teiUanti\,or a cormorant perched 
on some tall mnhucli. The Academy, Oct. 11, 1890, p. :ir2. 
snakenut, snakenut-tree (snak'nut, -tre), >,. 
Snake-piece (sniik'pes), . .V/i/.. sume as 
jt,iintf i'. :>. 
snakepipe (snak'pip), n. A species of Et/ni.-i 
titm, especially K. an 
snake-prooft (snak 'prof), . Proof against 
venom ; hence, proof against envy. [Rare.] 
I am gnake-proof; and though, with Hannibal, you bring 
whole hogsheads of vinegar-railings, It Is impossible for 
you to quench or come over my Alpine resolution. 
Dekker, Hulls Hornbook. 
snake-rat (snak'rat), . The common Alexan- 
drine or black rat, MHK i-iittim or <il<s<nulr 
A variety of it Is known as the white-bellied rat, or roof- 
rat, Jfiw tectnrum. It is one of the two longest and best- 
known of all rats (the other being the gray, brown, Hano- 
verian, or Norway rat, M. decmnantts), runs into many va- 
rieties, and has a host of synonyms. It is called make-rat 
as serpent-charming. 
snake-coralline (snak'kor"a-lin), H. 
stomatous polyzoan, Actea anguiita. 
Same 
snake-lizard (snak'liz'ard), w. A lizard which 
chilo- resembles a snake in having rudimentary limbs 
or none; especially, Chanuesaura annuina, of 
or has sometimes been regarded as a remedy for 
snakes' bites, or both. Several have a medici- 
nal value. Compare rattlettnake-master and rat- 
Uesna1ce-root.-Ka.ai snakeroot. (a) See mnich. 1. 
(o) The black cohosh, Cimicifui/a raceinota. whose root is 
an officinal remedy used in chorea, and formerly for 
rheumatism. Brazilian snakeroot, Chiocoeca angui- 
fuga ; also, Catearia serrulata. Button-snakeroot (o) 
See Eryngimn, and cut under rattlesnake master, (b) A 
genera] name for the species of Liatrit: so called from 
the button-shaped corms, or from the button-like heads 
of some species, and from then- reputed remedial prop- 
erty. (See cut under lAatrut.) L. spicata, also called gay- 
feather, Is said to have diuretic and other properties. 
The leaves of L. odoratissima are used to flavor tobacco. 
Canada snakeroot, the wild ginger, Asarum Cana- 
dense. See Asarum and ffimjeri. Ceylon snakeroot, 
the tubers of Arig/tma Lescheiiatiltii. Heart-snake- 
root. Same as Canada gnakrroot. Indian snakeroot, 
a rubiaceous plant, Ophwrhiia Muugos, whose very bitter 
roots are used by the Cingalese and natives of India as a 
remedy for snake-bites. '1 heir actual value in cases of 
this kind is, however, questioned. Red River snake- 
root. Same as Texas gnakeroot. Samson's snakeroot, 
a plant, f'soralea melUotoides, of the southern United 
States, whose 
root is said to be 
a gentle stimu- 
lant tonic. 
Seneca snake- 
root, Polygala 
Senega of eastern 
North America. 
It sends up sev- 
eral stems from 
hard knotty root- 
stocks, bearing 
single close ra- 
cemes of white 
flowers. It Is the 
source of the of- 
ficinal senega- 
root, and from be- 
ing much gather- 
ed is said to have 
become scarce in 
the east Tex- 
as snakeroot, 
Aristolochia. rcti- 
culata, or its root- 
product, which 
has the same 
properties as the 
Virginia snake- 
root. Virginia 
snakeroot, the _ 
serpentary or 
Mrthwort, Aristolochia Serpentaria.ot the eastern United 
States. Its root is a stimulant tonic, acting also as a di- 
aphoretic or diuretic. It is offlcinally recogniied, and is 
exported in considerable quantity. White snakeroot, 
the American Eupatoriuin aijerntnides, also called Indian 
or white sanifle. It hns no medicinal standing. 
snake's-beard (snaks'berd). . See o/iA/o/,- 
i/on. 
snake's-egg (snaks'eg), w. Same as Firgin 
Mary's nut (which see, under rirgin). 
.. The upper part of the stem with the 
flowcre of Seneca snakeroot (Polygala Sftu- 
a. The root ami the base of the stem. a. 
