Definition of Adder

Adamant

ADDER noun

	A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Adherent

Regular definition:

ADDER:
???æd? n. any of various small venomous snakes, esp. the common viper, Vipera berus, the only poisonous snake in Great Britain. øadder's tongue any fern of the genus Ophioglossum. [OE nódre: n lost in ME by wrong division of a naddre: cf. APRON, AUGER, UMPIRE]

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