Definition of worm

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Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta..

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Worm :: 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..
Gilttail :: Gilttail (n.) A yellow-tailed worm or larva.
Tongueworm :: Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.
Poling :: Poling (n.) The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.
Refrigeratory :: Refrigeratory (n.) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed..
Woodworm :: Woodworm (n.) See Wood worm, under Wood..
Lumbriciform :: Lumbriciform (a.) Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.
Scolithus :: Scolithus (n.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm..
Sugar :: Sug (n.) A kind of worm or larva.
Slugworm :: Slugworm (n.) Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies..
Worm :: 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..
Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..
Tunic :: Tunic (n.) Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others..
Vermiculation :: Vermiculation (n.) Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
Absinthiated :: Absinthiated (a.) Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine..
Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..
Snake :: Snake (v. t.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm..
Bombic :: Bombic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid..
Worm :: Worm (n.) The thread of a screw.
Worm :: Worm (n.) Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm.
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