 | John Milton - Bible - 1910 - 832 pages
...like the «undulating' coils of a serpent (ix. 517). warp, i. 341 ; a nautical term (Scandinavian) = " to move into some desired place or position by hauling...position: as, to warp a ship into harbor or to her berth " (Century Diet.}. M. uses it to describe * undulatory forward motion,' and Thomson imitates him ;... | |
 | David Loewenstein - Literary Collections - 2006 - 472 pages
...the ' undulating ' coils of a serpent (Ix. 517). warp, I. 341 ; a nautical term (Scandinavian) = " to move into some desired place or position by hauling...position : as, to warp a ship into harbor or to her berth " (Century Diet.). M. uses it to describe 'undulatory forward motion,' and Thomson imitates him ; cf.... | |
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And the quaint mazes in the wanton green For lack of tread are undistinguishable." Of motion it implies ' tossing about,' eg like the «undulating' coils of a serpent (ix. 517). warp, i. 341 ; a nautical term (Scandinavian) = " to move into some desired... 