Worm

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

the representative in the Authorized Version of several Hebrew words. Sas, which occurs in (Isaiah 51:18) probably denotes some particular species of moth, whose larva is injurious to wool. Rimmah, (Exodus 16:20) points evidently to various kinds of maggots and the larvae of insects which feed on putrefying animal matter, rather than to earthworms. Toleah is applied in (28:39) to some kinds of larvae destructive to the vines. In (Job 19:26; 21:26; 24:20) there is an allusion to worms (insect larvae) feeding on the dead bodies of the buried. There is the same allusion in (Isaiah 66:24) which words are applied by our Lord, (Mark 9:44,46,48) metaphorically to the torments of the guilty in the world of departed spirits. The valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem, where the filth of the city was cast, was alive with worms. The death of Herod Agrippa I, was caused by worms. (Acts 12:23)

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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
Worm
1) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth. 2) The manna bred worms (tola...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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An iron tool shaped like a double cork-screw on the end of a long staff, for withdrawing charges, ig...

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Army worm
·- The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order....

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Galley-worm
·noun A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along ...

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Grugru worm
·- The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith o...

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Palolo worm
·add. ·- A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific...

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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,...

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Worm-shaped
·adj Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shap...

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Worm-shell
·noun Any species of Vermetus. ...

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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
spanish worm
A nail: so called by carpenters when they meet with one in a board they are sawing. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
stomach worm
The stomach worm gnaws; I am hungry. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
worm-snake
n. See under snake. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
worm-fence
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
black-worm
the black-beetle. Cornish. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
blind-worm
the snake called a slow-worm. N. and S. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
worm-stall
a shed in a field to which cattle retire to avoid flies. Derb. ...

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lob-worm
A worm found at low-water in sand, esteemed for bait. ...

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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...

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