SNAKE, n. A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper, says Johnson. but in America, the common and general name of serpents, and so the word is used by the poets.
SNAKE, v.t. In seamen's language, to wind a small rope round a large one spirally, the small ropes lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one. This is called also worming.
