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† ˈdryine Obs.
Also 6 drynas.
[ad. late Gr. δρυίνας, f. δρῦς tree, oak.]
A serpent reputed to live in hollow oaks.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vi. 201 Th' Adder, and Drynas (full of odious stink). 1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 717 Bellonius writeth, that he never saw any Serpent greater than this Dryine, which he calleth Dendrozailla. |