wood tick
noun
Origin of wood tick
1First recorded in 1660–70
Words Nearby wood tick
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How to use wood tick in a sentence
While there, we were greatly annoyed by the wood-tick—an insect resembling, in size and in other respects, the sheep-tick.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX | Joel PalmerShe says they very soon found out as they was under a wood-tick tree too, an' the children run into a burr-patch after dinner.
Susan Clegg and a Man in the House | Anne WarnerThe wood-tick is a small, rather disgusting-looking creature which, in appearance and size, resembles the common bedbug.
On the Trail | Lina Beard and Adelia Belle BeardDoubtless at that same instant I shall discover a wood-tick advancing up one of my trousers' legs.
Quick Action | Robert W. ChambersWhen I hire out I goes ter the highest bidder, an' I sticks thar like a wood-tick ter a yaller dog.
Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel | Stanley R. Matthews
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