to squirm

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) To wriggle or twist about, as an eel. Provincial in England, and colloquial in the United States.--Bailey. Worcester.


2) To climb by embracing and clinging with the hands and feet, as to a tree without branches. Johnson writes this word swarm; and this is probably the original word. Bailey writes it squirm.--Webster.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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