Dragon

drag′un, n. a fabulous winged serpent: the constellation Draco: a fierce person: the flying lizard of the East Indies.— ns. Drag′onet , a little dragon: a genus of fishes of the goby family; Drag′on-fly , an insect with a long body and brilliant colours.— v.t. Drag′onise , to turn into a dragon: to watch like a dragon.— adjs. Drag′onish , Drag′on-like .— n. Drag′onism , watchful guardianship.— adj. Dragonné ( her. ), like a dragon in the hinder part, and a lion or the like in the fore part.— ns. Drag′on's-blood , the red resinous exudation of several kinds of trees in the W. and E. Indies, used for colouring; Drag′on's-head , a plant of genus Dracocephalum , of the mint family ( Labiatæ ): ( her. ) tenné or tawny when blazoning is done by the heavenly bodies; Drag′on-shell , a cowry; Drag′on's-wort , tarragon or snake-weed; Drag′on-tree (same as Dracæna ). [Fr.,—L. draco , drac on is —Gr. drakōn , from aorist of derk-esthai , to look.]