n. [ See Add. ] One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. nædre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. naðr, masc., naðra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder. ]
☞ In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper (
A dragon fly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). [ 1913 Webster ]