Sentence:  These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden <WSD>dragons</WSD>; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each <WSD>dragon</WSD>, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.