serpentining

English

Verb

serpentining

  1. present participle of serpentine

Noun

serpentining (plural serpentinings)

  1. A serpentine twisting.
    • Herman Melville
      Among the waltzings, and the droppings, and the swarmings of the sounds, Pierre now heard the tones above deftly stealing and winding among the myriad serpentinings of the other melody []
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