Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A figure resembling the letter S, or an S-curve, broken by a circle or other small figure in the middle: it is common as an ornament in the early art of northern Europe, and is supposed to have had a sacred signification.
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However, we had the mata hari, sun-snake, black and coral colour, and a metallic green flat-headed creature,
Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Henriette McDougall 1851
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