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† serpenting, vbl. n. Obs. [f. serpent v. + -ing1.] Winding.
1677Evelyn Diary 12 Oct., This place is exceeding sharp in the winter, by reason of the serpenting of the hills. 1679Ibid. 23 July, A circular view..which with the serpenting of the Thames is admirable. So † serpenting ppl. a., winding.
1614Drummond of Hawthornden Poems, This Moone, that Sunne,..Be but the same which vnder Saturnes Raigne, Did the serpenting [ed. 1711 serpentine] Seasons interchaine. a1649― Flowers of Sion Wks. (1711) 26 Her Floods and pratling Brooks,..with serpenting [ed. 1630 maz-like] Crooks. |