easwormn.

Brit.

/ˈiːswəːm/, U.S.

/ˈiswərm/

Forms: 1800s– easterworm, 1800s– easworm, 1800s– eesworm, 1900s eassworm, 1900s– eaceworm, 1900s– easeworm, 1900s– eastworm.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: easse n., worm n.

Etymology: < easse n. + worm n.In the forms eastworm and easterworm apparently with folk-etymological remodelling after east adv. and easter adj. (or eastern adj.); compare:1933 Amer. Speech 8 14 In Rhode Island, three..informants offered the variants eastworm, easterworm, adding by way of explanation, ‘These worms come out when the east wind blows’.

U.S. regional (chiefly Rhode Island). Now somewhat rare.

An earthworm used as bait.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm) > used as bait

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1872 Old & New May 530/1 An Easter worm is drawing strange figures in the clay.

1876 in T. B. Stockwell Hist. Public Educ. Rhode Island 442 One gill of Easworms.., one handful of Rock Leather.

1941 Nature Mag. Mar. 137/1 People..commonly make up their own etymologies, and say east-worm, Easter-worm, or ease-worm.

1963 M. Girsdansky Adventure of Lang. xiv. 311 The inoffensive creature which we impale on a fishhook to entice the lurking catfish is known as angleworm, fishworm, easworm, eastworm, or angledog.

1986 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Dec. 20/3 What do you call a worm used as fishing bait? It's..an eace worm around Narragansett Bay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	easworm
释义	easwormn. Brit. /ˈiːswəːm/, U.S. /ˈiswərm/ Forms: 1800s– easterworm, 1800s– easworm, 1800s– eesworm, 1900s eassworm, 1900s– eaceworm, 1900s– easeworm, 1900s– eastworm. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: easse n., worm n. Etymology: < easse n. + worm n.In the forms eastworm and easterworm apparently with folk-etymological remodelling after east adv. and easter adj. (or eastern adj.); compare:1933 Amer. Speech 8 14 In Rhode Island, three..informants offered the variants eastworm, easterworm, adding by way of explanation, ‘These worms come out when the east wind blows’. U.S. regional (chiefly Rhode Island). Now somewhat rare. An earthworm used as bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs angletwitcheOE wormc1320 codwormc1450 redwormc1450 gentle1577 touchangle1581 bob1589 Jack1601 dug1608 codbait1620 caddis-worm1627 caddis1653 cockspur1653 lob-worm1653 marsh worm1653 gilt tail1656 cadew1668 cad1674 ash-grub1676 clap-bait1681 whitebait1681 earth-bob1696 jag-tail1736 buzz1760 treachet1787 angleworm1788 cow-turd-bob1798 palmer bob1814 slob1814 angledog1832 caddis-bait1833 sedge-worm1839 snake feeder1861 hellgrammite1866 easworm1872 cow-dung bob1880 snake doctora1883 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm) > used as bait redwormc1450 bloodworm1736 easworm1872 nightcrawler1896 1872 Old & New May 530/1 An Easter worm is drawing strange figures in the clay. 1876 in T. B. Stockwell Hist. Public Educ. Rhode Island 442 One gill of Easworms.., one handful of Rock Leather. 1941 Nature Mag. Mar. 137/1 People..commonly make up their own etymologies, and say east-worm, Easter-worm, or ease-worm. 1963 M. Girsdansky Adventure of Lang. xiv. 311 The inoffensive creature which we impale on a fishhook to entice the lurking catfish is known as angleworm, fishworm, easworm, eastworm, or angledog. 1986 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Dec. 20/3 What do you call a worm used as fishing bait? It's..an eace worm around Narragansett Bay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1872
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