worm

1. n. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Any helminth; an entozoon. Source: opted

4. n. Any annelid. Source: opted

5. n. An insect larva. Source: opted

6. n. Same as Vermes. Source: opted

7. n. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse. Source: opted

8. n. A being debased and despised. Source: opted

9. n. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm Source: opted

10. n. The thread of a screw. Source: opted

11. n. A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. Source: opted

12. n. A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta. Source: opted

13. n. The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still. Source: opted

14. n. 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. Source: opted

15. v. i. To work slowly, gradually, and secretly. Source: opted

16. v. t. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out. Source: opted

17. v. t. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b). Source: opted

18. n. 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. Source: opted

19. n. 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. Source: opted

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