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serpentine
(encz) | serpentine,klikatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
serpentine
(encz) | serpentine,serpentina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Serpentine
(gcide) | Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, n. [Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine,
(for sense 2) serpentin.]
1. (Min.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous
silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green
color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance
resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble,
serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
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Note: Serpentine has been largely produced by the alteration
of other minerals, especially of chrysolite.
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2. (Ordnance) A kind of ancient cannon.
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Serpentine
(gcide) | Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, a. [L. serpentinus: cf. F.
serpentin.]
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.
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Thy shape
Like his, and color serpentine. --Milton.
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Serpentine
(gcide) | Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, v. i.
To serpentize. [R.] --Lyttleton.
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serpentine
(wn) | serpentine
adj 1: resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky
ridges in the sand" [syn: serpentine, snaky,
snakelike] |
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Serpentine
(gcide) | Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, n. [Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine,
(for sense 2) serpentin.]
1. (Min.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous
silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green
color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance
resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble,
serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
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Note: Serpentine has been largely produced by the alteration
of other minerals, especially of chrysolite.
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2. (Ordnance) A kind of ancient cannon.
[1913 Webster]Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, a. [L. serpentinus: cf. F.
serpentin.]
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.
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Thy shape
Like his, and color serpentine. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, v. i.
To serpentize. [R.] --Lyttleton.
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serpentine snaky
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Serpentinely
(gcide) | Serpentinely \Ser"pen*tine*ly\, adv.
In a serpentine manner.
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