ADDER Addressung, is used in respect of cattle, when flung by any kind of venomous reptiles, as adders, scorpions, &c. or bit by a hedgehog or threw.—For the cure of such bites, some use an ointment made of dragon's blood, with a little barley meal, and the whites of eggs.
Adder-Wort, or Shakeweed. See Polygonum.