† colubrinen.2
Obsolete. rare.
A culverin.
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1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 241 Culuerines or Colubrines.
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colubrineadj.n.1
/ˈkɒljʊbrʌɪn/ A. adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent; snake-like.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > belonging to snake
colubrinec1540
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > resembling a snake
colubrinec1540
snake-like1612
ophidian1883
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > specifically of actions, qualities, etc.
craftyc1225
subtle1340
slyc1380
sleightlyc1402
subtilec1405
wilyc1407
sleighty1412
foxly1528
sleight1533
colubrinec1540
serpentical1546
fox-like1587
shrewd1589
vulpine1628
insidiating1632
serpentic1661
serpentary1681
artful1865
c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 426 His county pallantyne Haue coustome colubryne, With codes viperyne And sectes serpentyne.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Colubrine,..of or belonging to a Serpent; also wily, crafty.
1883 P. Robinson in Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/1 The colubrine impossibility of springing off the ground at me.
2. Zoology. Of the nature of the Coluber or snake: applied to serpents, sometimes distinguished as true colubrine and venomous colubrine snakes.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [adjective] > of form or nature of coluber
colubrine1844
colubriform1849
1844–58 Günther (title) Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes, Lizards, etc., in the British Museum.
1860 W. S. Dallas Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom 382 The fangs of the Colubrine Snakes..are always immoveably fixed in the mouth.
1871 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) V. 939 The Colubrine Snakes..differ in several important particulars from the Viperina.
1887 Günther in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 193 Venomous Colubrine snakes.
B. n.1 † 2. Mineralogy. A talcose mineral. Obsolete.
1. A colubrine snake. [So French colubrin.]
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1771 J. Hill Fossils 28 Talc, Genus vi. Colubrine. Composed of small, flat, thick, even and close-connected Flakes.
1771 J. Hill Fossils 30 All the Colubrines cut easily, but will take no polish.
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