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1913
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Snakehead
Snake′headˊ
,
Noun.
1.
A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The turtlehead.
(b)
The Guinea-hen flower. See
Snake’s-head
, and under
Guinea
.
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