in general, denotes any thing that resembles a serpent; hence the worm or pipe of a still, twisted in a spiral manner, is termed a serpentine worm.

SERPENTINE Stone, a species of mineral belonging to the magnesian genus. See MINERALOGY Index.

SERPENTINE verbs, are such as begin and end with the same word. As,

Ambo florentes catibus, Arcades ambo.

in the Manege. A horse is said to have a serpentine tongue, if it is always trifling and moving, and sometimes palting over the bit, instead of keeping in the void space, called the liberty of the tongue.