serpent worshiper

Compar. Relig : One who pays divine honors to serpents. [SERPENT-WORSHIP.] "A of serpent- worshipers , figuratively represented with snakes growing from their shoulders, and whose raja himself has a five-headed snake arching hood-wise over his head." -Tutor: Prim. Cult. (ed. 1873), ii. 240. serpent's beard, s. Bot.: Ophiopogon japonica. Serpent's heart, s. [COR, 4.] serpent's tongue, s. 1. Bot .: Ophioglo um vulgatum . *2. Palæont.: A popular name for the tooth of a particular shark. It resembles a serpent's tongue with its root. *ser'-pent, v. i . & t . [SERPENT, 8.] A. In trans .: To wind like a serpent; to meander. Did the serpent ing seasons interchain."" Drummond, s. 18. "This moon, that sun B. Trans.: To curl or wind round; to encircle. serpentine 2. Pharm.: The root is used to form an infusion and a tincture of serpent ary. They are stimulant, tonic, diaphoretic, and diuretic. Sometimes used in atonic rheumatism, in low fever, and to promote eruption in exanthemata. *ser-pěn-tēş, s. pl . [Lat. pl. of serpens =a serpent (q. v.).] Zool.: The second order of Linnæus' Amphibia. It consisted of six genera Crotal us (five species), Boa (ten species), Coluber (ninety-six species). Anguis (fifteen species), Amphisbæna (two species), and Cæcilia (two species).