| Wive | v. t. 1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. “An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To take for a wife; to marry. [ 1913 Webster ] I have wived his sister. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wivern | { } n. [ OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf. Weever. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [ Written also wyvern. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) The weever. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Wiver |
