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serpentry|ˈsɜːpəntrɪ|
[f. serpent n. + -ry.]
1. Serpents or serpentine creatures collectively.
1818Keats Endym. i. 821 To..wipe away all slime Left by men-slugs and human serpentry. 1869Ruskin Q. of Air §87 There is an æsculapian as well as an evil serpentry among the Draconidæ. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. xii. 561 For egg turned snake needs fear no serpentry.
2. A place where serpents are kept and reared.
1846Mrs. Gore Engl. Char. Introd. 12 A serpentry for improving the domestic breed of rattlesnakes [etc.].
3. A winding like that of a serpent.
1848in Webster; and in later Dicts. |