Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
   sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
   whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.

   Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
         larger number are harmless to man.

   {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
   {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
      {Blind}, {Garter}, etc.

   {Fetich snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
      Seb[ae]}) used by the natives as a fetich.

   {Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
      ({Tropidonotus natrix}).

   {Snake eater}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The markhoor.
   (b) The secretary bird.

   {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]

   {Snake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
      called because of their large head and elongated neck and
      prothorax.

   {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
      anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
      that of the serpent cucumber.

   {Snake killer}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The secretary bird.
   (b) The chaparral cock.

   {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
      clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.

   {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
      ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
      resembles a snake coiled up.

   {Tree snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
      especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
      genera.

Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]table growing,
   capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,
   from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,
   invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,
   vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be
   lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.
   wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]
   1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or
      produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable
      growths, juices, etc.

            Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable
      kingdom.

   {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.

   {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.
      

   {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of
      concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian
      butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma
      butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[ae]}, also
      African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of
      cocoa ({Theobroma}).

   {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in
      Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained
      from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.

   {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.

   {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.

   {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.
      

   {Vegetable leather}.
      (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia
          punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.
      (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.

   {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly
      eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender
      quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable
      in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but
      is now thought to have been derived from a form of the
      American pumpkin.

   {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under
      {Oyster}.

   {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.

   {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia
      eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large
      fleecy cushions on the mountains.

   {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained
      from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree
      ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as
      for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun
      on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.

   {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.

   {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of
      the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.

   {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained
      from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},
      obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian
      vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney
      tallow.

   {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of
      certain plants, as the bayberry.

Club \Club\, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf?ir a
   clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G.
   klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.]
   1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the
      hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

            But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome
            and her rats are at the point of battle. --Shak.

   2. [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.]
      Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the
      trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having
      such figure.

   3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common
      object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship,
      etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments
      or contributions of the members.

            They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics.
                                                  --Tennyson.

            He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members
            of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes
            been called the Literary Club, but which has always
            disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the
            simple name of the Club.              --Macaulay.

   4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a
      contribution to a common fund.

            They laid down the club.              --L'Estrange.

            We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings
            for our part of the club.             --Pepys.

   {Club law}, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy.
      --Addison. 

   {Club moss} (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in
      winter decoration. The best know species is {Lycopodium
      clavatum}, but other {Lycopodia} are often called by this
      name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.

   {Club root} (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots
      become distorted and the heads spoiled.

   {Club topsail} (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly
      by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short
      ``club'' or ``jack yard'' to increase its spread.