Snāk'y, a.
a. 1. Pertaining to a snake, or to snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Sense 2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
So to the coast of Jordan he directs His easy steps, girded with snak'y wiles. Milton.
Sense 3. Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snak'y rod or wand. Dryden. “That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield.” Milton.