Prefix a letter to a Christian name,
’Twill spell an attribute that few would claim.
[14]
Entire, I am a reptile. Behead me, and I become an article much used by carpenters. Take away another letter, and I shall not be well.
[15]
A part of the hand you transpose right,
You’ll find it’s what you use at night.
[16]
Entire I am a vegetable. Cut off my tail, and I am a small insect. Put on my tail, and take away my third letter, and I am what gamblers often do.
[17]
Forwards, backwards, read my name,
In sound and meaning I’m the same.
Infants, on their mother’s knee,
Often smile at sight of me.
Add a letter, strange, but true,
A man I then appear in view.