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Worm
·noun Any annelid.
II. Worm ·noun An insect larva.
III. Worm ·noun The thread of a screw.
IV. Wor...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Worm
1) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth.
2) The manna bred worms (tola...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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worm
To worm out; to obtain the knowledge of a secret by craft, also to undermine or supplant. He is gone...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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worm
An iron tool shaped like a double cork-screw on the end of a long staff, for withdrawing charges, ig...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Worm
the representative in the Authorized Version of several Hebrew words. Sas, which occurs in (Isaiah 5...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Snake
·vi To crawl like a snake.
II. Snake ·vt To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole;
— often with out...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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snake
n.
The Australian land snakes belongprincipally to the four families, Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubrid...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to snake
To crawl like a snake. A common expression at the West. A fine example of the use of this term is gi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Army worm
·- The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Galley-worm
·noun A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Grugru worm
·- The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Palolo worm
·add. ·- A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Worm-eaten
·adj Worn-out; old; worthless.
II. Worm-eaten ·adj Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Worm-shaped
·adj Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shap...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Worm-shell
·noun Any species of Vermetus.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Palmer-worm
(Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wand...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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spanish worm
A nail: so called by carpenters when they meet with one in a board they are sawing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stomach worm
The stomach worm gnaws; I am hungry.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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worm-fence
A rail fence laid up in a zig-zag manner.
Mr. Haskell, one of the delegates from Tennessee, told a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-worm
the black-beetle. Cornish.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blind-worm
the snake called a slow-worm. N. and S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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worm-stall
a shed in a field to which cattle retire to avoid flies. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lob-worm
A worm found at low-water in sand, esteemed for bait.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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worm-eaten
, or wormed.
The state of a plank or of a ship's bottom when perforated by a particular kind of bo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Black snake
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blacksnake>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Coachwhip snake
·- A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Congo snake
·- An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. ·see <<A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass-snake
·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States;
— so called f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea snake
·- Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water snake
·- Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.
II. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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black-snake
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brown snake
n. See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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carpet-snake
n.
a large Australian snake witha variegated skin, Python variegata, Gray. InWhitworth's `Anglo-Ind...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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diamond snake
n.
In Queensland and New SouthWales, Pythonon spilotes, Lacep.; in Tasmania, Hoplocephalus superhus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tiger-snake
n. See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-snake
n.
or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to snake out
To drag out; to haul out, as a snake from its hole. A farmer in clearing land, attaches a chain to a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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snake-pieces
See pointers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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green tree-snake
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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little whip-snake
See snake
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-lipped snake
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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two-hooded furina-snake
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snake-boat of cochin
See pamban manche
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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black-and-white ringed snake
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris