serpentine \SUR-puhn-teen, -tahyn\, adjective:
1. having a winding course, as a road; sinuous.
2. of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
3. shrewd, wily, or cunning.
2. of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
3. shrewd, wily, or cunning.
noun:
1. a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.
2. a cannon having any of various bore sizes, used from the 15th to the 17th century.
3. Skating. a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop.
1. a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.
2. a cannon having any of various bore sizes, used from the 15th to the 17th century.
3. Skating. a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop.
You know something that's really serpentine? Lombard Street in San Francisco!
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