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a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.

A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.

Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.

A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.

A reptile having a scaly body, and four well developed limbs, each with five toes.

Genus of four-footed scaly reptiles.

One of various reptiles, with four legs, a scaly body, and long tail.

A general name for such animals of the serpent kind as the crocodile, alligator, chameleon, &c., which have tails and legs, and are covered with scales.

said to be so called in consequence of its limbs resembling the arms (lacerti) of man[?]. Saura, Sauros, (F.) Lezard. Lizards were formerly employed in medicine as sudorifics; and were, at one time, extolled in syphilis, cutaneous affections, and in cancer.

n. [Latin] A fourfooted reptile having an elongate, round body, a very long round tail, a head covered with polygonal platas, and a tongue more or less divided at the end, found in most of the warm parts of the world.