Lizard

n.
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.
  2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
  3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
    4. Lizard snake (Zoöl.),
    the garter snake (Eutænia sirtalis).
    Lizard stone (Min.),
    a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.