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Definition of Wiern
{ Wiv"er (?), Wiv"ern (?), } n. [OE.
wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre,
guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG.
wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf.
Weever.]
1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged
creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without
spurs. [Written also wyvern.]
The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its
wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Zoöl.) The weever.
{ Wiv"er (?), Wiv"ern (?), } n. [OE.
wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre,
guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG.
wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf.
Weever.]
1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged
creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without
spurs. [Written also wyvern.]
The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its
wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Zoöl.) The weever.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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