ˈadderbolt
[f. adder + bolt the arrow of a cross-bow; from the shape of its body.]
A dragon-fly.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 57/2 The eygth our lord sente to them locustes which is a maner grete flye callyd in some place an adder bolte. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. i. 6 In the sloe-black eye of the Dragon-fly or Adderbolt. 1703 Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1414 Here is figur'd a very uncommon Libella or Adderbolt. |