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blind-worm Zool.|ˈblaɪndwɜːm|
[Cf. Da. blindorm: so called from the smallness of its eyes.]
A reptile (Anguis fragilis) also called Slow-worm. (Formerly applied also to the Adder.)
c1450Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker Voc. 706 Hec scutula, a blyndworme. c1480Ibid. 766 Idrus, idra, matrix, a blynd-wurme. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. ii. 11 Newts and blinde wormes do no wrong. 1712H. Sloane in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 491 We caused a Whelp to be bit..by a Blind-Worm. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 352 He was stung by a blind-worm, for so they call them here. 1772Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 240 Any kind of serpent except the harmless blind worm. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. v, There the slow blind-worm left his slime. |