Dictionary entry

Snake (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Snake, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Snaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Snaking.] 1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; — often with out. Bartlett.

2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.