3 entries under this word

Snake

Snāke, n.

noun

n. [A.-S. snaca, from snacan, snîcan, to creep, to sneak; L. Ger. snake, schnake, Icel. snákr, snókr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok.] A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper; a serpent;—the common and general name.

An engraved illustration of a coiled snake with its head raised. — Common or Ringed Snake (*Natrix torquata*).

Snāke, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SNAKED (snākt); p. pr. & vb. n. SNAKING.]

To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole;—often with out. [U. S.] Bartlett.
(Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller one, or with cord, the small ropes lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

Snāke, v. i.

verbintransitive

To crawl like a snake. [U. S.]