serpentine: Meaning and Definition of

ser•pen•tine

1. of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
2. having a winding course, as a road; sinuous.
3. shrewd, wily, or cunning.

1. a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.
2. a cannon having any of various bore sizes, used from the 15th to the 17th century.
3. a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop.

1. to make or follow a winding course: The stream serpentines through the valley.

ser•pen•tine

1. a common mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, HMgSiO, usually oily green and sometimes spotted, occurring in many varieties: used for architectural and decorative purposes.