Congo snake

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• Congo

  ·noun Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. ·see <<Tea>>. ...

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• congo

  Will you lap your congo with me? will you drink tea with me? ...

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• Snake

  ·vi To crawl like a snake. II. Snake ·vt To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; — often with out...

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• snake

  n. The Australian land snakes belongprincipally to the four families, Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubrid...

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• to snake

  To crawl like a snake. A common expression at the West. A fine example of the use of this term is gi...

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• Congo group

  ·add. ·- A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is req...

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• Congo red

  ·add. ·- An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used ...

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• Black snake

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Blacksnake>>. ...

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• Coachwhip snake

  ·- A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). ...

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• Glass-snake

  ·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; — so called f...

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• Sea snake

  ·- Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened ...

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• Water snake

  ·- Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits. II. ...

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• black-snake

  See under snake. ...

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• brown snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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• carpet-snake

  n. a large Australian snake witha variegated skin, Python variegata, Gray. InWhitworth's `Anglo-Ind...

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• diamond snake

  n. In Queensland and New SouthWales, Pythonon spilotes, Lacep.; in Tasmania, Hoplocephalus superhus...

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• tiger-snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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• whip-snake

  n. or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake. ...

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• worm-snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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• to snake out

  To drag out; to haul out, as a snake from its hole. A farmer in clearing land, attaches a chain to a...

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• snake-head

  An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...

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• snake-pieces

  See pointers. ...

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• green tree-snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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• little whip-snake

  See snake ...

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• white-lipped snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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• two-hooded furina-snake

  See under snake. ...

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• snake-boat of cochin

  See pamban manche ...

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• black-and-white ringed snake

  See under snake. ...

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