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WORM

Volume 20 · 92 words · 1810 Edition

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.

in 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, ENTOMOLOGY Index.

Earth-WORM. See LUMBRICUS, HELMINTHOLOGY Index.

Glow-WORM. See LAMPYRIS, ENTOMOLOGY Index.

Silk-WORM. See SILK, No 5.