Moth-eat

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• Eat

  ·- of Eat. II. Eat ·vi To make one's way slowly. III. Eat ·vi To taste or relish; as, it eats like...

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• eat

  To eat like a beggar man, and wag his under jaw; a jocular reproach to a proud man. To eat one's wor...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to eat

  v. a. To supply with food. A Western sense of the word. Comp. Subsist. Hooshier. Squire, what pay d...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Moth

  ·noun A <<Mote>>. II. Moth ·noun Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes an...

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• Moth

  Heb. ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Moth

  By the Hebrew word we are certainly to understand some species of clothes-moth (tinea). Reference to...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Angoumois moth

  ·- A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva ...

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• Hawk moth

  ·- Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large...

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• Io moth

  ·- A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each ...

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• Isabella moth

  ·- A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bea...

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• Pernyi moth

  ·- A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Euro...

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• V moth

  ·- A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the f...

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• sting-moth

  n. an Australian moth, Doratifera vulnerans. The larva has at each endof the body four tubercles be...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris