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Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..

Ophite :: Ophite (a.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.

Serpenting :: Serpenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serpen.

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..

Lepidosauria :: Lepidosauria (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata..

Gabbro :: Gabbro (n.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro)..

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size..

Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..

Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two..

Serpentaria :: Serpentaria (a.) The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).

Serpent :: Serpent (v. t.) To wind; to encircle.

Ophiomancy :: Ophiomancy (n.) Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils..

Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..

Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents..

Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous..

Boa :: Boa (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques)..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..

Ophite :: Ophite (a.) Of or pertaining to a serpent.

Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..

Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects..

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