Wordie: Basilisk

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(n): a monster renowned in folklore and myth

(n): ancient brass cannon

(n): a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

(n): small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

(n): lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males

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about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

"I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;
I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk;
I'll play the orator as well as Nestor,
Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could,
And, like a Sinon, take another Troy.
I can add colours to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?
Tut, were it farther off, I'll pluck it down."
--Richard of Gloucester, Act III, sc. ii
Shakespeare's "Richard Duke of York" (a.k.a. "Henry VI, Part 3")

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