snake-headn.¹

Forms: Also snakehead.

Etymology: snake n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnake-head.

a. The North American plant Chelone glabra.

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1829 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. App. 281 Chelone..glabra, (snakehead).

1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 400 Snake~head. Salt-rheum Weed... A plant of brooks and wet places,..with flowers shaped much like the head of a snake.

b. The snake's head or common fritillary.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > fritillary

Fritillaria1578

crown imperial1595

chequered daffodil1597

guinea-hen flower1597

Persian lily1597

fritillary1633

imperial crown1664

drooping tulip1759

snake's head1859

snake-head1884

snake's-head lily1899

1884 G. Allen Philistia I. 146 ‘Has your brother ever sent you any of the fritillaries?’ ‘What? snake-heads?’

2. U.S. (See quots. and cf. snake's head n. 3). Now Historical.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails

string-piece1789

carriage1816

chair1816

pedestal1816

surface plate1822

web1835

frog1837

switch-bar1837

snake-head1845

fish1847

fish-joint1849

plate nail1849

fishing-key1852

fish-plate1855

joint-chair1856

rail chair1864

railhead1868

lead1871

fish-bar1872

splice-piece1875

fish-plating1881

splice-jointa1884

splice-bar1894

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > rail > turned-up end of

snake-head1845

snake's head1848

1845 Yankee (Boston) 9 Aug. 3/4 Mr. John F. Wall..was near being killed..by what is technically called a snakehead.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Snake-head,..the end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up in front of the car wheels, and passes through the cars.

1848–71 W. M. Gillespie Man. Road-making 305 Most American roads with longitudinal timbers have been laid with plate rails, so thin that their ends sometimes spring up so as to form ‘snake-heads’.

3. A representation of a snake's head. Also attributive.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > animal > specific

white horse1273

lintworm1423

serpentinec1440

horsec1540

wolf1562

whelk?1578

snake1579

snake-head1865

singerie1920

1865 C. Kingsley Hereward iii, in Good Words Jan. 85/2 Two ships..whose long lines and snake-heads..bore witness to the piratical habits of their owner.

1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) 96/2 Snake head Molding.

4. A tropical marine or freshwater carnivorous fish of the family Channidæ, esp. one of the genus Ophiocephalus, found in Africa or Asia, usually mottled grey, brown, or black in colour.

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1891 in Cent. Dict.

1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxi. 370 Snake-head mullets..seem to us nearer the labyrinthine fishes.

1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 244/2 Snakeheads will live for many hours and sometimes days out of water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	snake-head
释义	snake-headn.¹ Forms: Also snakehead. Etymology: snake n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnake-head. 1. a. The North American plant Chelone glabra. ΚΠ 1829 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. App. 281 Chelone..glabra, (snakehead). 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 400 Snake~head. Salt-rheum Weed... A plant of brooks and wet places,..with flowers shaped much like the head of a snake. b. The snake's head or common fritillary. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > fritillary Fritillaria1578 crown imperial1595 chequered daffodil1597 guinea-hen flower1597 Persian lily1597 fritillary1633 imperial crown1664 drooping tulip1759 snake's head1859 snake-head1884 snake's-head lily1899 1884 G. Allen Philistia I. 146 ‘Has your brother ever sent you any of the fritillaries?’ ‘What? snake-heads?’ 2. U.S. (See quots. and cf. snake's head n. 3). Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails string-piece1789 carriage1816 chair1816 pedestal1816 surface plate1822 web1835 frog1837 switch-bar1837 snake-head1845 fish1847 fish-joint1849 plate nail1849 fishing-key1852 fish-plate1855 joint-chair1856 rail chair1864 railhead1868 lead1871 fish-bar1872 splice-piece1875 fish-plating1881 splice-jointa1884 splice-bar1894 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > rail > turned-up end of snake-head1845 snake's head1848 1845 Yankee (Boston) 9 Aug. 3/4 Mr. John F. Wall..was near being killed..by what is technically called a snakehead. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Snake-head,..the end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up in front of the car wheels, and passes through the cars. 1848–71 W. M. Gillespie Man. Road-making 305 Most American roads with longitudinal timbers have been laid with plate rails, so thin that their ends sometimes spring up so as to form ‘snake-heads’. 3. A representation of a snake's head. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > animal > specific white horse1273 lintworm1423 serpentinec1440 horsec1540 wolf1562 whelk?1578 snake1579 snake-head1865 singerie1920 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward iii, in Good Words Jan. 85/2 Two ships..whose long lines and snake-heads..bore witness to the piratical habits of their owner. 1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) 96/2 Snake head Molding. 4. A tropical marine or freshwater carnivorous fish of the family Channidæ, esp. one of the genus Ophiocephalus, found in Africa or Asia, usually mottled grey, brown, or black in colour. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxi. 370 Snake-head mullets..seem to us nearer the labyrinthine fishes. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 244/2 Snakeheads will live for many hours and sometimes days out of water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹1829
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