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Worm
(v. i.)
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
Worm
(v. t.)
To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and
secret means; -- often followed by out.
Worm
(v. t.)
To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge
from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
Worm
(n.)
To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a
dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation
was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
Worm
(n.)
To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round,
between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small
rope.
Worm-eaten
(a.)
Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as,
worm-eaten timber.
Worm-eaten
(a.)
Worn-out; old; worthless.
Worm-shaped
(a.)
Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but
variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.
Worm-shell
(n.)
Any species of Vermetus.
Wormal
(n.)
See Wormil.
Wormed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Worm
Wormed
(a.)
Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as,
wormed timber.
Wormhole
(n.)
A burrow made by a worm.
Wormian
(a.)
Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish
anatomist.
Wormil
(n.)
Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of
domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various
species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often
infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and
worble.
Wormil
(n.)
See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
Worming
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Worm
Wormling
(n.)
A little worm.
Wormseed
(n.)
Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and
Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling
worms from the stomach and intestines.
Wormul
(n.)
See Wornil.