thirtieth (iou) and serpent(1) (iou)

thirtieth (iou)

thirtieth adjective & noun (ordinal numeral).
[Old English TritigoTa, TritteogoTa, repl. in Middle English by forms from THIRTY + -TH2. Cf. Old Norse Tritugande, Tritugti.]
A. adjective. Next in order after the twenty-ninth, that is number thirty in a series, (represented by 30th). OE.
thirtieth part arch. = sense B.2 below.
b. noun.
The thirtieth person or thing of a category, series, etc., identified contextually. OE.
Each of thirty equal parts into which something is or may be divided, a fraction which when multiplied by thirty gives one, (= thirtieth part above). E19.
Comb.: Forming compound numerals with multiples of a hundred, as two-hundred-and-thirtieth (230th) etc. and (arch.) with numerals below ten, as five-and-thirtieth etc.

serpent(1) (iou)

serpent noun & adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin serpent-, -ens use as noun of pres. pple of serpere creep, rel. to Greek herpein: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
1. a. A scaly limbless reptile, usu. characterized by sinuous slithering movement, hissing, and freq. a venomous bite; a snake. Also, a mythical creature resembling a snake; a dragon. Freq. rhet. or poet., with allus. to the proverbial attributes of guile, treachery, or malignancy. ME.
plumed serpent: see PLUMED 1. spectacled serpent: see SPECTACLED 2.
b. A creeping thing; an animal regarded as venomous or noxious. LME-L17.
Evelyn Mr. Charlton's collection of spiders, birds, scorpions, and Other serpents.
c. A marine animal resembling a snake; a sea-serpent. E17.
d. = serpent-green below. L19.
2. (Freq. Serpent.) The Devil, Satan (as tempter: Genesis 3:1-5, Revelation 12:9). ME.
H. Waddell Open are the woods again That the Serpent lost for men.
b. A treacherous, deceitful, or malicious person. L16.
3. A representation of a serpent, esp. as a symbol or an ornament (sometimes with its tail in its mouth as a symbol of eternity). LME.
Bible (AV): Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brasse, and put it upon a pole.
4. (Usu. Serpent.) Orig., the constellation Hydra. Now, the constellation Serpens. M16.
5. A firework which burns with a serpentine motion or flame. M17.
Pharaoh's serpent: see PHARAOH noun1.
6. Music. An archaic bass wind instrument of leather-covered wood, about 8 feet long and formed in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys. Also, an organ-stop of similar tone. M18.
7. A thing resembling a serpent, esp. in being long and twisted or sinuous; esp. a tress of hair of this kind, dangling or plaited in a loop. E19.
8. Hist. = SERPENTINE noun 2. M19.
B. attrib. or as adjective. Resembling (that of) a serpent, serpent-like, serpentine. L16.
Byron Thy cold breast and serpent smile.
Comb.: Serpent-bearer = OPHIUCHUS; serpent eagle any of several birds of prey of the genus Spilornis and related genera, of central Africa and SE Asia; also called harrier-eagle; serpent-green adjective & noun (of) a shade of pale green; serpent-star a brittle-star; serpent-stone (a) a fossil ammonite; (b) arch. an artificial stone or bead supposed to be a remedy for the poison of serpents (cf. SERPENTINE noun 3); (c) arch. = BEZOAR 2; serpent-wand the caduceus.
serpen'tiferous adjective (rare) (a) bearing or containing a serpent; (b) having many serpents: M18.
serpentiform adjective having the form of (that of) a serpent, serpentine L18.
serpent-like adjective & adverb (a) adjective resembling a serpent, serpentine; (b) adverb in a serpentine manner: L16.
serpently adverb in the manner of a serpent, serpent-like LME.

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