worm
noun
any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
wormer
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a word derived from
worm.
Example Sentences
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The wormer is a double screw, something like a pair of intertwined corkscrews, fixed to a handle about the length of a broomstick.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2017
The wormer was a double screw, something like a pair of intertwined corkscrews, fixed to a long handle.
From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Albert Manucy
A wormer, ladle, and wrench were also part of the battery equipment.
From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Albert Manucy
He drew out the wiping stick, on the end of which was a wormer, pulled a wad of paper from the gun and poured a charge of shot out into his hand.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by George O. Shields
Of 46° and 49° North in which we had been for nearly two years, rapidly decending into a woody Country in a wormer Climate between the Latds.
From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Meriwether Lewis
