1.
A viper
turning round about; or
coiling itself. (
S,
K.) A poet says,
بِخَرْسَاءَ مِطْحَانٍ كَأَنَّ فَحِيحَهَا
إِذَا فَزِعَتْ مَاءٌ هُرِيقَ عَلَى جَمْرِ
[
With a coiling viper, as though its hissing, when it is frightened, were the sound of
water poured upon live coals]. (
S,
TA.)