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ser•pen•tine
Pronunciation: (sûr'pun-tēn", -tīn"), [key]
—adj., n., v., -tined, -tin•ing.
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adj.
1. of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
2. having a winding course, as a road; sinuous.
3. shrewd, wily, or cunning.
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n.
1. a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.
2. a cannon having any of various bore sizes, used from the 15th to the 17th century.
3. Skating.a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop.
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v.i.
to make or follow a winding course:
The stream serpentines through the valley. ser•pen•tine
Pronunciation: (sûr'pun-tēn", -tīn"), [key]—
n.
a common mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H
2Mg
3Si
2O
2, usually oily green and sometimes spotted, occurring in many varieties: used for architectural and decorative purposes.
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