Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SNAK-Y, a.

1. Pertaining to a snake or to snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful. So to the coast of Jordan he directs / His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. – Milton.
3. Having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand. – Dryden. That snaky headed gorgon shield. – Milton.