water snaken.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌsneɪk/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌsneɪk/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌsneɪk/

Forms: see water n. and snake n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., snake n.

Etymology: < water n. + snake n. Compare water serpent n.Compare Dutch waterslang snake that inhabits water (in Middle Dutch as waterslange ) the constellation Hydrus (F. de Houtman 1603, or earlier), the constellation Hydra (1614 or earlier), Middle Low German waterslange snake that inhabits water, German Wasserschlange snake that inhabits water (in Middle High German as wazzerslange ), the constellation Hydra (1716). With Male Water Snake at sense 3a and Female Water Snake at sense 3b compare French l'Hydre Mâle and l'Hydre Femelle , respectively (both in N. L. de La Caille Planisphère des Étoiles Australes (1756) in Mem. de l'acad. roy. des sci. 1752). With use with reference to the constellation Hydra (sense 3b) compare also earlier water serpent n. 2 and hydra n. 5.

1. Any snake that which is found in or near fresh water; esp. any of numerous harmless, aquatic colubrid snakes, many of which were formerly placed in the genus Natrix.

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1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Fij^v It is rede that the garye water snakes [Ger. waß. schlangen] egendreth them with the eale.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxix. iv. 358 The goodliest and fairest snakes to see too, are those which live in the water, and are called Hydra, i. water-snakes.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 48 Yet so good is Providence, as to warn us here,..by Water-Snakes, of our too near approach to the Land.

1768 G. White Let. 18 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 51 Country people talk much of a water-snake, but, I am pretty sure, without any reason; for the common snake (coluber natrix) delights much to sport in the water.

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 486 The Water Snake is much like the Rattle Snake in shape and size, but is not endowed with the same venemous powers, being quite harmless.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iv, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 24 Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. xvi. 265 Aquatic plants, on the broad leaves of which numbers of water snakes..were basking.

1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 43 In West Africa man has competitors as fish destroyers, such as the crocodile, shark,..water snake, turtle,..etc.

1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 378 No pregnant woman may eat the large water snake popularly known as the Javan file snake.

1971 J. Stidworthy Snakes of World 66 The Viperine Watersnake (Natrix maura) is a close relative of the common European watersnake also found in the western Mediterranean area.

2006 New Yorker 23 Jan. 9/1 There is but one species of venomous water snake native to North America.

†2. figurative. derogatory. A boatman; a sailor. Obsolete.

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1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E4 That diuiding of your Fare wil make y^e poore watersnaks be ready to pul you in peeces to enioy your custome.

1670 T. J. On Death Duke of Albemarle (single sheet) When the Dutch water-snakes by help of fate, Set on our Herc'les in his weakest state; With half a Navy he would make a stand.

3. Astronomy. Usually with capital initial(s).

a. The southern constellation Hydrus (Hydrus n. 2). More fully Lesser Water Snake, Little Water Snake, Male Water Snake.

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1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 15 The Southern Constellations appear which are near the Pole Antarctick, the Camelion, The Bird of Paradise, the Tail of little Hydra, and the Water-Snake.

1757 J. Ferguson Astron. Explained (ed. 2) xx. §399. 234 (table) The New Southern Constellations...Hydrus. The Water Snake.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 405/2 Hydrus (constellation), the Water-snake, commonly called the Southern Snake, a constellation of Lacaille.

1918 E. W. Maunder Stars & how to Identify Them 56 Further south, and following one another to the left from Achernar are Hydrus, the Male Water-snake, Reticulum, the Net, [etc.].

1996 J. Cox Cambr. Pocket Star Atlas (ed. 2) 23 (table) Hydra..The Water Snake... Hydrus..The Lesser Water Snake.

2013 S. Owens Stargazing for Dummies xv. 300 Hydrus the Little Water Snake..is much smaller than the giant Hydra.

b. The southern constellation Hydra (hydra n. 5). Also Female Water Snake. Cf. water serpent n. 2.

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1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 379/2 Hydra (constellation, ὕδρος in Ptolemy), the Water-snake, one of the old constellations.

1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 180 Hydra, sometimes called Serpens Aquaticus, the Water Snake, is one of the longest constellations either in the northern or southern hemisphere.

1938 Monthly Evening Sky Map Mar. 13/2 Hydra (The Female Water Snake). It is of great length, extending over seven hours of R.A. [= right ascension].

1964 Yearbk. Astron. 1965 53 Look for the fairly bright quadrangle of stars which makes up the constellation of Corvus, the Crow sitting on the Watersnake's back.

2001 P. Simpson Guidebk. Constellations 346 Hydra is sometimes called ‘the female water snake’, while the southern constellation of Hydrus is called the ‘male water snake’.

2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 22 The winter constellations of Hydra, the Water Snake, and Sextans, the Sextant, appear almost empty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water snake
释义	water snaken. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌsneɪk/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌsneɪk/, /ˈwɑdər ˌsneɪk/ Forms: see water n. and snake n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., snake n. Etymology: < water n. + snake n. Compare water serpent n.Compare Dutch waterslang snake that inhabits water (in Middle Dutch as waterslange ) the constellation Hydrus (F. de Houtman 1603, or earlier), the constellation Hydra (1614 or earlier), Middle Low German waterslange snake that inhabits water, German Wasserschlange snake that inhabits water (in Middle High German as wazzerslange ), the constellation Hydra (1716). With Male Water Snake at sense 3a and Female Water Snake at sense 3b compare French l'Hydre Mâle and l'Hydre Femelle , respectively (both in N. L. de La Caille Planisphère des Étoiles Australes (1756) in Mem. de l'acad. roy. des sci. 1752). With use with reference to the constellation Hydra (sense 3b) compare also earlier water serpent n. 2 and hydra n. 5. 1. Any snake that which is found in or near fresh water; esp. any of numerous harmless, aquatic colubrid snakes, many of which were formerly placed in the genus Natrix. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > aquatic water addereOE rinatrixa1398 water snake1527 water serpent1530 sea-adder1601 hydra1608 sea-serpent1672 water viper1737 sea-snake1827 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > member of family Hydrophidae water snake1527 water serpent1530 hydra1608 sea-serpent1672 sea-snake1827 Hydrus1838 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Natrix > natrix helvetica (ringed snake) water snake1527 water serpent1530 ringed water snake1668 grass snake1720 ringed snake1776 ring snake1901 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Fij^v It is rede that the garye water snakes [Ger. waß. schlangen] egendreth them with the eale. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxix. iv. 358 The goodliest and fairest snakes to see too, are those which live in the water, and are called Hydra, i. water-snakes. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 48 Yet so good is Providence, as to warn us here,..by Water-Snakes, of our too near approach to the Land. 1768 G. White Let. 18 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 51 Country people talk much of a water-snake, but, I am pretty sure, without any reason; for the common snake (coluber natrix) delights much to sport in the water. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 486 The Water Snake is much like the Rattle Snake in shape and size, but is not endowed with the same venemous powers, being quite harmless. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iv, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 24 Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. xvi. 265 Aquatic plants, on the broad leaves of which numbers of water snakes..were basking. 1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 43 In West Africa man has competitors as fish destroyers, such as the crocodile, shark,..water snake, turtle,..etc. 1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 378 No pregnant woman may eat the large water snake popularly known as the Javan file snake. 1971 J. Stidworthy Snakes of World 66 The Viperine Watersnake (Natrix maura) is a close relative of the common European watersnake also found in the western Mediterranean area. 2006 New Yorker 23 Jan. 9/1 There is but one species of venomous water snake native to North America. †2. figurative. derogatory. A boatman; a sailor. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman boatman1274 waterman1439 boatsman1512 water rat1600 water snake1609 battoe man1756 boathand1821 boatie1826 water-jack1828 floatman1882 river rat1884 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E4 That diuiding of your Fare wil make y^e poore watersnaks be ready to pul you in peeces to enioy your custome. 1670 T. J. On Death Duke of Albemarle (single sheet) When the Dutch water-snakes by help of fate, Set on our Herc'les in his weakest state; With half a Navy he would make a stand. 3. Astronomy. Usually with capital initial(s). a. The southern constellation Hydrus (Hydrus n. 2). More fully Lesser Water Snake, Little Water Snake, Male Water Snake. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Hydrus water snake1694 Hydrus1795 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 15 The Southern Constellations appear which are near the Pole Antarctick, the Camelion, The Bird of Paradise, the Tail of little Hydra, and the Water-Snake. 1757 J. Ferguson Astron. Explained (ed. 2) xx. §399. 234 (table) The New Southern Constellations...Hydrus. The Water Snake. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 405/2 Hydrus (constellation), the Water-snake, commonly called the Southern Snake, a constellation of Lacaille. 1918 E. W. Maunder Stars & how to Identify Them 56 Further south, and following one another to the left from Achernar are Hydrus, the Male Water-snake, Reticulum, the Net, [etc.]. 1996 J. Cox Cambr. Pocket Star Atlas (ed. 2) 23 (table) Hydra..The Water Snake... Hydrus..The Lesser Water Snake. 2013 S. Owens Stargazing for Dummies xv. 300 Hydrus the Little Water Snake..is much smaller than the giant Hydra. b. The southern constellation Hydra (hydra n. 5). Also Female Water Snake. Cf. water serpent n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Hydra serpent1556 hydra1559 water serpent1599 water snake1838 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 379/2 Hydra (constellation, ὕδρος in Ptolemy), the Water-snake, one of the old constellations. 1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 180 Hydra, sometimes called Serpens Aquaticus, the Water Snake, is one of the longest constellations either in the northern or southern hemisphere. 1938 Monthly Evening Sky Map Mar. 13/2 Hydra (The Female Water Snake). It is of great length, extending over seven hours of R.A. [= right ascension]. 1964 Yearbk. Astron. 1965 53 Look for the fairly bright quadrangle of stars which makes up the constellation of Corvus, the Crow sitting on the Watersnake's back. 2001 P. Simpson Guidebk. Constellations 346 Hydra is sometimes called ‘the female water snake’, while the southern constellation of Hydrus is called the ‘male water snake’. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 22 The winter constellations of Hydra, the Water Snake, and Sextans, the Sextant, appear almost empty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1527
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