adder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adder	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for adder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adder n a person who adds numbers a machine that adds numbers small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia Synonym(s): adder, common viper, Vipera berus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adder \Add"er\, n. [See {Add}.] One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[91]dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eb]r, masc., na[eb]ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.] 1. A serpent. [Obs.] [bd]The eddre seide to the woman.[b8] --Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. ) 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small venomous serpent of the genus {Vipera}. The common European adder is the {Vipera ([or] Pelias) berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of {Clotho}. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the {milk adder}, {puffing adder}, etc. (c) Same as {Sea Adder}. Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper ({Cerastles}).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Adder (Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, "asp") is the rendering of, (1.) Akshub ("coiling" or "lying in wait"), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage. (2.) Pethen ("twisting"), a viper or venomous serpent identified with the cobra (Naja haje) (Ps. 58:4; 91:13); elsewhere "asp." (3.) Tziphoni ("hissing") (Prov. 23:32); elsewhere rendered "cockatrice," Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17, as it is here in the margin of the Authorized Version. The Revised Version has "basilisk." This may have been the yellow viper, the Daboia xanthina, the largest and most dangerous of the vipers of Palestine. (4.) Shephiphon ("creeping"), occurring only in Gen. 49:17, the small speckled venomous snake, the "horned snake," or cerastes. Dan is compared to this serpent, which springs from its hiding-place on the passer-by.