Found 3 items, similar to Worms.
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Definition: worm
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: worm
worm
v : to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling);
“The prisoner writhed in discomfort”;
“The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace”
[syn:
writhe,
wrestle,
wriggle,
squirm,
twist]
worm
n 1: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied
animals especially of the phyla Annelida and
Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and
Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
2: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving
of respect [syn:
louse,
insect,
dirt ball]
3: a software program capable of reproducing itself that can
spread from one computer to the next over a network;
“worms take advantage of automatic file sending and
receiving features found on many computers”
4: screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or
rack
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Worm
Worm
\Worm\ (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D.
worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth.
wa['u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf.
Vermicelli,
Vermilion,
Vermin.]
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1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a
serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
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There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his
hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang
on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a
murderer. --Tyndale
(Acts xxviii.
3, 4).
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'T is slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. --Shak.
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When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,
His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
--Longfellow.
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2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely
without feet, or with very short ones, including a great
variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
Specifically: (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any helminth; an entozo["o]n.
(b) Any annelid.
(c) An insect larva.
(d) pl. Same as
Vermes.
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3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts
one's mind with remorse.
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
--Shak.
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4. A being debased and despised.
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I am a worm, and no man. --Ps. xxii. 6.
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5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as:
(a) The thread of a screw.
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The threads of screws, when bigger than can be
made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon.
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(b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double
corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
(c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some
animals, as the dog; the lytta. See
Lytta.
(d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound
to economize space. See Illust. of
Still.
(e) (Mach.) 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.
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Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation
resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the
body.
Worm fence. See under
Fence.
Worm gear. (Mach.)
(a) A worm wheel.
(b) Worm gearing.
Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel
working together.
Worm grass. (Bot.)
(a) See
Pinkroot, 2
(a) .
(b) The white stonecrop (
Sedum album) reputed to have
qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior.
Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained
from the seeds of
Chenopodium anthelminticum.
Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder.
Worm snake. (Zo["o]l.) See
Thunder snake
(b), under
Thunder.
Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane.
Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried
earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.]
Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the
spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel
may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also
worm gear, and sometimes
tangent wheel. See Illust. of
Worm gearing, above.
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Worm
\Worm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Wormed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Worming.]
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
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When debates and fretting jealousy
Did worm and work within you more and more,
Your color faded. --Herbert.
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Worm
\Worm\, v. t.
1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and
secret means; -- often followed by out.
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They find themselves wormed out of all power.
--Swift.
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They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no
desire to tell. --Dickens.
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2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge
from, as a firearm. See
Worm, n. 5
(b) .
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3. 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.
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The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties,
wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier
puppies. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. (Naut.) 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.
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Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are
served. --Totten.
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To worm one's self into, to enter into gradually by arts
and insinuations; as, to worm one's self into favor.
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