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

Ambo florentes et statibus, Arcades ambo.

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