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Worm

Worm (worm)
n.(wûrm)
Worm
[OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS. *** G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. waú]rms, L. vermis, Gr. (?) a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli, Vermilion
  1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
    [Archaic]

    There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer. Tyndale (Acts xxviii. 3, 4).

    'T is slander,
    Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
    Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.     Shak.

    When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,
    His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.     Longfellow.

  2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
    Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a)
  3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

    The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! Shak.

  4. A being debased and despised.

    I am a worm, and no man. Ps. xxii. 6.

  5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
    ; as: (a)

Worm

Worm (worm)
v. i.(?)
Worm
[imp. *** p. p. Wormed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Worming.]
  1. To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

    When debates and fretting jealousy
    Did worm and work within you more and more,
    Your color faded.     Herbert.

Worm

Worm (worm)
v. t.
Worm
  1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means] -- often followed by out.

    They find themselves wormed out of all power. Swift.

    They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell. Dickens.

  2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
  3. 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.

    The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties, wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier puppies. Sir W. Scott.

  4. 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.

    Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are served. Totten.

    To worm one's self into, to enter into gradually by arts and insinuations; as, to worm one's self into favor.













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