in gunnery, a screw of iron, to be fixed on the end of a rammer, to pull out the wad of a firelock, carbine, or pistol, being the same with the wad-hook, only the one is more proper for small arms, and the other for cannon.

chemistry, is a long, winding pipe, placed in a tub of water, to cool and condense the vapours in the distillation of spirits.

Blind-Worm, or Slow-Worm. See Anguis, n° 2.

Earth-Worm. See Lumbricus.

Glow-Worm. See Lampyris

Silk-Worm. See Silk, n° 5.

Worms, vermes, in natural history. See Zoology.