poisonous snakes

pl. [THAN A TOP HID I A.] poiş-on-oŭs-ly, adv. [Eng. poisonous; -ly.] In a poisonous manner; so as to poison or corrupt; venomously. "So much more poisonously and incurably does the serpent bite."-South: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 9. pois-on-oŭs-ne , s. [Eng. poisonous; -ne .] The quality or state of being poisonous. *pois-on-some, a. [Eng. poison ; -some.] Pois onous. *pois-on-, *poy-son-ie, a. [Eng. poison ; -y.] Poisonous. *pois-ure, s. [Eng. pois (e); -ure.] Weight. "The mere quality and poisure of goodne ." Beaum. & Flet.: Wit without Money, 1. 1. *poi-tral, *poi-trel, *poi-trail, s . [Fr. poi trail, from Lat. pectorale , neut. sing. of pectoral is =pertaining to the breast; pectus (gen it. pectoris )= the breast; Ital. pet to rale . [PECTORAL.] 1. Old Arm .: Armor for the breast of a horse. 2. Harne : A breast-leather for saddles or for draught. *poi-trin-al, s. [O. Fr.) The same as POITRAL (q. v.). *poi-trine, s. [French, from Lat. pectus (gen it. pectoris)=the breast.] 1. The breast-armor of a knight. IMG:content-1269.png:[blocks in formation] "Poking your fun at us plain-dealing folks." Barham: In golds by Legends. (3) To poke one's nose into things : [NOSE, subst ., (6).] pōke-lōk-en, s. [North Amer. Ind.] A marshy place or stagnant pool, extending into the land IMG:content-1270.png:[blocks in formation] 4. A slang term applied to one of the 'squire Bedels who carry a silver mace or poker before the vice-chancellor at Cambridge University.