All 3 Uses of
serpent
in
The Two Towers
- Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture, Hart horn-crowned; hawk is swiftest Swan the whitest, serpent coldest...Hoom, hm; hoom, hm, how did it go?†
Chpt 3.4 *serpent = snake
- 'If we speak of poisoned tongues what shall we say of yours, young serpent?' said Saruman, and the flash of his anger was now plain to see.†
Chpt 3.10
- On he came, straight towards the watchers, and then swerved aside in the nick of time, passing only a few yards away, rocking the ground beneath their feet: his great legs like trees, enormous sail-like ears spread out, long snout upraised like a huge serpent about to strike, his small red eyes raging.†
Chpt 4.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(serpent) a snake
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.