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A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

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(with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.

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A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.

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She’s a bit of a dragon.

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(with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

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Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.

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Something very formidable or dangerous.

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A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.

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A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

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A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

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A background process similar to a daemon.

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A variety of carrier pigeon.

The mother dragon may come down and catch us here.

Forrest; each state was a Realm under a Grand Dragon; several counties formed a Dominion under a Grand Titan; each county was a Province under a Grand Giant; the smallest division being a Den under a Grand Cyclops.

It began to pull and tug, and lo, the wires broke, and off went the great red dragon, and poor Dr. Bell stood looking forlornly after it.

When the boy grew up, he went to some funeral games at Thebes, and was recognized by the mark of a dragon on his body.

Ridges of sparkling white sand surrounded the camp like a sleeping dragon, soaking heat from the sun - resting now so it could spit its fiery breath at them later in the day.

The dragon is a symbol of power, fear, protection and honor all at the same time.

If further selection be made from the large body of miscellaneous poems, the comic poem on the physician Andro Kennedy may stand out as one of the best contributions to medieval Goliardic literature; The Two Mariit Wemen and the Wedo, as one of the richest and most effective pastiches in the older alliterative style, then used by the Scottish Chaucerians for burlesque purposes; Done is a battell on the Dragon Blak, for religious feeling expressed in melodious verse; and the well-known Lament for the Makaris.

Western dragons were meant to be slain; one of the most famous dragon stories out of Europe is that of St. George slaying a dragon and saving the citizens from the vile creature.

The Sangre del drago of the Mexicans is a resin resembling dragon's blood obtained from a euphorbiaceous tree, Croton Draco.

In 1799 it was ' a large green dragon.

The dragon hears Beowulf's shout of defiance, and rushes forth, breathing flames.

In Asian cultures, particularly in China but also in Japan, Korea, Thailand and Mongolia, the dragon is seen as a friend to humanity.

It was difficult to start a subject that might result in a fight, but she had to know for sure — slay the dragon, so to speak.

This may illustrate the fact that the dragon is also unmentioned in the Hebrew cosmogony; to some writers the dragon-element may have seemed grotesque and inappropriate.

The welsh dragon does not appear on the Union flag.

Either way, dragon tats are among the more popular tattoo designs chosen today.

Eastern dragons have been used in tattoos for ages, and today these dragon tattoos are most popular with people who train in or have an interest in martial arts.

N.T., 54 sqq Leto, because it was foretold that Leto's son would kill the dragon.

Sigurd acquired great fame and riches by slaying the dragon Fafnir, but the chief interest of the story centres round his connexion with the court of the Burgundian king Gunnar (Gunther).

Suspecting that the seneschal is not really the slayer of the dragon, mother and daughter go secretly to the scene of the combat, find Tristan, whom they recognize as the minstrel, Tantris, and bring him back to the palace.

There are similar alternative possibilities with regard to the explanation of the striking resemblances which certain incidents of the adventures with Grendel and the dragon bear to incidents in the narratives of Saxo and the Icelandic sagas.

A dragon standard was taken on the third crusade by Richard I in 1191.

Turn 5. High Elves The Silver Helms refuse to charge the fear causing dragon ogres!

By giving him a Red Button, or button of the highest rank, a Peacock's Feather, the order of the Double Dragon, a patent of nobility to his ancestors for three generations, and the title of Junior Guardian of the heir apparent, the Chinese showed their appreciation of his manifold and great services; while under the seal of the British government there were bestowed upon him the orders of C.M.G.

Western dragon tattoos usually depict the dragon in flight with its great wings outstretched in an impressive span.

It turned out that the usual " guard " on that duty was a rather officious elderly dragon of a conductress.

The Imperial Dragon is cavorting with his consort the Imperial Phoenix around this paper parasol.

According to an ancient Chinese legend, a young priestess fought to free humans from the Dragon that kept them like cattle.

Alternative view here £ 20.00 / $ 37.40 Old Gold Contorted Dragon Flying dragons are one of the most powerful human protectors.

We had to be very careful of the highly flammable dragon puppets.

And, of course, the Green Dragon rolling forever onwards, a continual vision quest.

This production rate is likely to increase as White Tiger and Dragon fields are improved (both fields producing from basement reservoirs ).

Itâs all good, but I particularly enjoyed the reverie of âSunday Jam Jar Daysâ with its dragon and damsel flies.

The giant rhubarb was the first place to go then we went to the dragon, then the bamboo maze.

That is because the Green Dragon is the world's first environmentally-friendly roller coaster which harnesses people-power to minimize use of electricity.

Santa claus hanging from 4 ' chinese dragon by window.

The island is nearly a mile long and looks, with its deeply serrated backbone, like a dragon hanging on to Hirta.

Then you might get replies from other than an Ancient Fire Dragon, who has a short fuse.

The Welsh dragon on the left carries a sickle to represent farming interests.

The sea dragon's face resembled a fan, its features radiating from its pointed snout.

John Blatchly has pointed out that the dragon imagery in the roof spandrels suggests a probable dedication of St Margaret of Antioch.

All life in the town and outlying forests has been stifled by the sudden raids of orcs on dragon steeds.

An epic fantasy swordplay adventure from the filmmaking tradition that brought you Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

I was very excited when I found a crib quilt on Ebay with a friendly dragon, carrying teddy bears over a castle.

His tomb shows an angel bearing his soul to Heaven and apparently his spear thrust into a dragon's jaw.

It's no crouching tiger, hidden dragon, either.

Beowulf contains the tale of a dragon who guarded buried treasure within an ancient tumulus.

The canes were tied together to form the dragon shape across the hut with old baler twine.

The evil tycoon Koga Shuko is obsessed with finding both halves of the Double Dragon a talisman which will give him awesome mystical powers.

The idea of urban vigilantes challenging an untouchable crime boss was staid even then, following Double Dragon, Final Fight and their ilk.