English-Thai Dictionary

adder

N ผู้ บวก  phu-buak

 

adder

N เครื่องคิดเลข  adding machine khrueang-khid-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADDER

n.[L. natrix, a serpent. ] A venomous serpent or viper, of several species.

 

ADDER-FLY

n.A name of the dragon-fly or libellula; sometimes called adder-bolt.

 

ADDERS-GRASS

n.A plant about which serpents lurk.

 

ADDERS-TONGUE

n.A plant whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

 

ADDERS-WORT

n.Snakeweed, so named from its supposed virtue in curing the bite of serpent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADDER

Add "er, n. Etym: [See Add. ]

 

Defn: One who, or that which, adds; esp. , a machine for adding numbers.

 

ADDER

Ad "der, n. Etym: [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. nædre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. nathr, masc. , nathra, fem. : cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder. ]

 

1. A serpent. [Obs. ] "The eddre seide to the woman. " Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )

 

2. (Zoöl.) (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 ).

 

ADDER FLY

ADDER FLY Ad "der fly.

 

Defn: A dragon fly.

 

ADDER'S-TONGUE

ADDER'S-TONGUE Ad "der's-tongue `, n. (Bot. )(a ) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum ), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b ) The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.

 

ADDERWORT

ADDERWORT Ad "der *wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adder

ad der |ˈadər ˈædər | ▶noun a small venomous Eurasian snake that has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young. Also called viper. [Vipera berus, family Viperidae. ] • used in names of similar or related snakes, e.g., death adder, puff adder. ORIGIN Old English nædre ‘serpent, adder, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch adder and German Natter. The initial n was lost in Middle English by wrong division of a naddre; compare with apron, auger, and umpire .

 

adder

adder 2 |ˈadə (r )| ▶noun Electronics a unit which adds together two input variables. A full adder can add a bit carried from another addition as well as the two inputs, whereas a half adder can only add the inputs together.

 

adder's tongue

ad der's tongue ▶noun 1 a widely distributed atypical fern that has a single pointed oval leaf and a straight unbranched spore-bearing stem. [Genus Ophioglossum, family Ophioglossaceae, in particular O. vulgatum. ] 2 another term for dogtooth violet, esp. a trout lily.

 

Oxford Dictionary

adder

adder 1 |ˈadə | ▶noun a small venomous Eurasian snake which has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young. It is the only poisonous snake in Britain. Also called viper. ●Vipera berus, family Viperidae. • used in names of snakes that are similar or related to the adder, e.g. death adder, puff adder. ORIGIN Old English nædre ‘serpent, adder ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch adder and German Natter. The initial n was lost in Middle English by wrong division of a naddre; compare with apron, auger, and umpire .

 

adder

adder 2 |ˈadə (r )| ▶noun Electronics a unit which adds together two input variables. A full adder can add a bit carried from another addition as well as the two inputs, whereas a half adder can only add the inputs together.

 

adder's tongue

adder's tongue (US also adder-tongue ) ▶noun 1 a fern having a single pointed oval frond and a straight spore-bearing stem. ●Genus Ophioglossum, family Ophioglossaceae, in particular O. vulgatum. 2 North American term for dog's-tooth violet.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adder

ad der 1 /ǽdə r /名詞 C 1 〘動 〙クサリヘビ 〘ユーラシアの小型の毒ヘビ; 英国の唯一の毒ヘビ 〙(viper ).2 1 に類似したヘビの総称 ; (北米に生息する無毒の )ヘビの名称 .

 

adder

ad der 2 名詞 C 〘コンピュ 〙加算器 .