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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 Manucy, Albert

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 Manucy, Albert

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 Shields, George O.

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 Lewis, Meriwether