VI'PER, noun [Latin vipera.]
1. A serpent, a species of coluber, whose bite is remarkably venomous.
A viper came out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Acts 28:3.
2. A person or thing mischievous or malignant.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.