blunderbuss vs serpentine

blunderbuss

noun
  • An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range. 

verb
  • To shoot with a blunderbuss. 

serpentine

noun
  • An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century. 

  • Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure. 

  • in dressage, a winding walk across on the arena 

  • An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals. 

  • Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites. 

  • A kind of firework. 

  • A coiled distillation tube. 

  • Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea 

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes. 

  • Curving in alternate directions; sinuous. 

  • Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness. 

  • Having the form or shape of a snake. 

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