All 14 Uses
serpent
in
Lord of Light
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- I accept your well-oiled apology, oh son of the serpent.†
Part 1serpent = snake
- The sound carried to where Tak lay, and the words: "Eyes of the serpent!†
Part 1
- There came then a flashing of lights along the lengths of the Nagas, the two holy serpents who twisted about the transparent face of the machine.†
Part 2 *serpents = snakes
- A holy blue light filled the interior of the machine; the serpents pulsed redly; and there, in the midst of the light and a soft music that had begun to play, a prayer wheel swung into view and began spinning at a furious pace.†
Part 2
- Kannaka, of the Serpent River, had offered him elephants and ships, a town house and a country villa, horses and servants, to come and preach from its wharves.†
Part 3serpent = snake
- He fingered its silken length, and it passed like a serpent through his hand, clinging slightly.†
Part 3
- A serpent dangled from a branch before his face, spitting venom.†
Part 4
- Without warning, then, one took upon itself the form of a flying serpent and swept down toward him, talons outstretched and slashing.†
Part 4
- Dark smokes coiled like serpents along the ground.†
Part 4serpents = snakes
- With him is one who wears the horns of a bull set upon a burnished helm-his armor shows like aged bronze, but it is not bronze; it is worked about with the forms of many serpents, and it does not seem to burden him as he moves.†
Part 4
- "I obey," replied the other, and he fell upon the floor to become a green serpent of light, and slithered off ahead of them.†
Part 4serpent = snake
- Again and again, he drove down without mercy upon the enemy, and Sam's lance darted like the tongue of a serpent as they passed through the ranks.†
Part 6
- He sang as he moved, and his lance was the tongue of a serpent, sometimes crackling as it fell with bright flashes.†
Part 6
- It was worked about with the forms of many serpents.†
Part 6serpents = snakes
Definitions:
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(1)
(serpent) a snake
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.