·noun The constellation Serpens.
II. Serpent ·noun Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
III. Serpent ·vt To Wind; to Encircle.
IV. Serpent ·vi To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to Meander.
V. Serpent ·noun A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
VI. Serpent ·noun Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. ·see ·Illust. under Ophidia.
VII. Serpent ·noun A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra;
— so called from its form.