Adder

['ædə] or ['ædɚ]

Definition

(noun.) small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.

(noun.) a machine that adds numbers.

(noun.) a person who adds numbers.

Typist: Rachel--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

(n.) A serpent.

(n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.

(n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.

(n.) Same as Sea Adder.

Edited by Cheryl

Definition

n. the popular English name of the viper.—ns. Ad′der's-tongue a genus of ferns the seeds of which grow on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue; Ad′der's-wort a wort or plant so called from its being supposed to cure the bite of serpents—also called Snakeweed.

Edited by Juanita

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of seeing an adder strike, and a friend, who is dead but seems to be lying down and breathing, rises partly to a sitting position when the adder strikes at him, and then both disappearing into some bushes nearby, denotes that you will be greatly distressed over the ill luck of friends, and a loss threatened to yourself. For a young woman to see an adder, foretells a deceitful person is going to cause her trouble. If it runs from her, she will be able to defend her character in attacks made on her.

Typed by Claus

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

Edited by Diana

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