No Encyclopedia Entry for Snake Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Serpent. 2. (v. t.) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. 3. (v. t.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. 4. (v. i.) To crawl like a snake.
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