basilisk (2 cf. ‘serpentine’, ‘culverin’)
1.
fabulous reptile, also
called cockatrice, supposed to be hatched by a
serpent from a cock's egg and said to kill by its
breath and look Wint. I. ii.
388.
2.
large cannon,
generally made of brass 1H4 II. iii.
58, H5 V. ii. 17 (with pun
on sense 1).
