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- English Word Worm Definition A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
- English Word Worm Definition The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
- English Word Worm Definition A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
- English Word Worm Definition To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
- English Word Worm Definition To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.
- English Word Worm Definition To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
- English Word Worm Definition 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.
- English Word Worm Definition 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.
- English Word Worm-eaten Definition Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
- English Word Worm-eaten Definition Worn-out; old; worthless.
- English Word Worm-shaped Definition Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.
- English Word Worm-shell Definition Any species of Vermetus.
- English Word Wormal Definition See Wormil.
- English Word Wormed Definition of Worm
- English Word Wormed Definition Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber.
- English Word Wormhole Definition A burrow made by a worm.
- English Word Wormian Definition Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.
- English Word Wormil Definition Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble.
- English Word Wormil Definition See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
- English Word Worming Definition of Worm