{"query": "Easton: Cockatrice", "count": 4, "results": [{"id": "card_n_a0869faf2a81", "title": "Easton: Cockatrice", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The mediaeval name (a corruption of “crocodile”) of a fabulous serpent supposed to be produced from a cock’s egg. It is generally supposed to denote the cerastes, or “horned viper,” a very poisonous s"}, {"id": "card_n_747cdcdb1e9f", "title": "Easton: Basilisk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(in R.V., Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17), the “king serpent,” as the name imports; a fabulous serpent said to be three spans long, with a spot on its head like a crown. Probably the yellow snake i"}, {"id": "card_n_954ec11a74e6", "title": "Easton: Adder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, “asp”) is the rendering of, (1.) Akshub (“coiling” or “lying in wait”), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage. (2.) Pethen (“twisting”), a viper or venomous serpe"}, {"id": "card_n_0047b82be99c", "title": "Easton: Egg", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. beytsah, “whiteness”). Eggs deserted (Isa. 10:14), of a bird (Deut. 22:6), an ostrich (Job 39:14), the cockatrice (Isa. 59:5). In Luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion, which is said "}]}