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CIDE DICTIONARY
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wiver

CIDE DICTIONARY

wivern. [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.].
  •  A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs.  [1913 Webster]
    "The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The weever.  [1913 Webster]

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