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  • 51adder tongue — noun see adder s tongue …

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  • 52adder's-mouth — /ad euhrz mowth /, n., pl. adder s mouths / mowdhz , mowths /. 1. any of several North American, terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having tiny white or greenish flowers. 2. See rose pogonia. [1830 40, Amer.] …

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  • 53adder's-wort — adˈder s wort or addˈerwort noun The bistort or snakeweed, supposed to cure snake bite • • • Main Entry: ↑adder …

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  • 54adder — Common name for many members of the family Viperidae (the vipers), applied to several genera, although true adders are of the genus Vipera. [M.E. naddre, fr. O.E. naedre] * * * ad·der ad ər n 1) the common venomous European viper of the genus… …

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  • 55Adder —    (Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, asp ) is the rendering of    1) Akshub ( coiling or lying in wait ), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage.    2) Pethen ( twisting ), a viper or venomous serpent identified with the cobra (Naja haje) (Ps …

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  • 56þadder — see þider …

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  • 57adder — ad|der [ ædər ] noun count 1. ) a harmless snake that lives in North America 2. ) a poisonous snake that lives in Europe …

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  • 58adder — sb. Alys. 5262 …

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  • 59Adder — Hamburg • Kreuzotter südl. Landkreis Hildesheim, ostfälisches Platt • Otter, Schlange …

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  • 60adder — ad·der || ædÉ™ n. common European viper; any of a number of venomous or nonvenomous snakes resembling the viper; person or thing that adds; electronic circuit that sums two numbers in a computer (Computers) …

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