Serpent

  • 41serpent — /serr peuhnt/, n. 1. a snake. 2. a wily, treacherous, or malicious person. 3. the Devil; Satan. Gen. 3:1 5. 4. a firework that burns with serpentine motion or flame. 5. an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep, coarse …

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  • 42Serpent — Ser|pent der; [e]s, e <aus gleichbed. fr. serpent u. it. serpente, eigtl. »Schlange« (nach der Form), dies aus lat. serpens, vgl. ↑Serpentin> altes, dem Horn ähnliches Blechblasinstrument mit 6 Grifflöchern u. einem Umfang von 3 Oktaven… …

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  • 43serpent —    a penis    The imagery is obvious. A girl stung by a serpent has received an unwanted, though perhaps not unexpected, shock …

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  • 44serpent — ar, i (L). A serpent …

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  • 45serpent — noun (C) 1 literary a snake, especially a large one 2 the Serpent the evil snake in the Garden of Eden according to the Bible …

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  • 46serpent — ser•pent [[t]ˈsɜr pənt[/t]] n. 1) ram a snake 2) a wily, treacherous, or malicious person 3) bib the Devil; Satan. Gen. 3:1–5 4) mad an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep tone • Etymology: 1250–1300; (< MF) < …

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  • 47serpent — n. 1 usu. literary. a a snake, esp. of a large kind. b a scaly limbless reptile. 2 a sly or treacherous person, esp. one who exploits a position of trust to betray it. 3 Mus. an old bass wind instrument made from leather covered wood, roughly in… …

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  • 48Serpent (symbolism) — Serpent is a word of Latin origin (from serpens, serpentis something that creeps, snake ) that is commonly used in a specifically mythic or religious context, signifying a snake that is to be regarded not as a mundane natural phenomenon nor as an …

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  • 50Serpent (Musik) — Serpent aus dem 19. Jahrhundert Der Serpent (auch das Serpent, von lat. serpens, „Schlange“) ist ein historisches Musikinstrument. Es handelt sich um das Bass Instrument der Zinken Familie, das demgemäß mit einem Kesselmundstück geblasen wird.… …

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