wormingn.

Etymology: < worm v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈworming.

a. Extraction of the ‘worm’ or lytta from a dog's tongue.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > extraction of lytta

worming1575

1575 G. Turberville tr. F. S. Vicentino Treat. Cure Spanels in Bk. Faulconrie 371 The worming doth discharge the Spanell of madnesse and frenesie.

1654 C. Wase in tr. Gratius Cynegeticon Illustr. 13 To prevent Madnesse by Worming.

1818 Sporting Mag. 2 31 Worming..is most efficatious.

b. slang. (See quot. 1859.)

ΚΠ

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang Worming, removing the beard of an oyster or muscle.

a. The action of ridding (plants, etc.) of ‘worms’ or grubs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > ridding of worms

worming1641

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 52 [He] challenges as his right..the clipping of every bush, the weeding and worming of every bed.

1864 R. L. De Coin Hist. & Cult. Cotton & Tobacco 274 The worming must continue, after the hoeing is done, until the plants are ripe for cutting.

b. Treatment administered to rid an animal of parasitic worms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary procedures > worming

worming1936

deworming1950

1936 J. Z. Rine Dog Owner's Man. vi. 99 All worming may prove more effective if preceded by a twenty-four-hour diet of buttermilk.

1947 New Biol. 3 69 The cost and labour of rounding them [sc. sheep] up for this periodical ‘worming’ may be..great.

1981 Times 22 May 3/2 Worker cats needed neutering, vaccinating, worming, regular feeding.

†a. The practice of a spy or informer. (In quot. 1607 attributive.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun]

spying1338

espying1340

espialc1386

espyc1386

spyc1450

especiala1500

spieryc1588

intelligence1602

worming1607

scouting1644

espionage1793

spyism1847

spydom1859

obbo1933

great game1936

spooking1977

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. iii. sig. E3^v Ha's not many men bin raised from this worming trade.

b. The use of insidious methods of progress or advancement.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank > by insidious methods

worming1916

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > use of insidious methods

worming1916

1916 19th Cent. Nov. 1074 In the Two Americas,..Deutschtum has, by silent worming, won enormous power all the way from Chicago to the Chilean coast.

4. Angling with worms as bait.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > using specific bait

maggot-fishing1804

worming1842

grasshoppering1872

squidding1894

prawning1909

shrimping1931

mooching1947

1842 G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches 48 Zo 't's all up wi' wormin', an' huomward da trot Th' angler, wull pleyz'd wi' th' spoort e've a-got.

1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 28/1 The other methods of taking trout..are spinning, live-baiting and worming.

1922 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 39/1 When I showed him how to cast the worm up-stream,..he was delighted with this, to him, novel method of worming.

5. The action of catching worms (for bait).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > using specific bait > catching worms for bait

worming1881

1881 Athenæum 30 Apr. 594/2 Worming is an art; the worms are very cunning, and apt to pop back into their holes if the hunter treads heavily.

a. Nautical. The process of winding spun-yarn round a rope or cable, so as to fill up the spiral furrows between the strands (cf. worm v. 13). Also concrete, the yarn or line thus used as a filling.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > operations on ropes or tackle

reeving1627

worming1644

rounding1766

rendering1769

snaking1815

surging1839

snubbing1846

swig1849

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 116 Worming is the laying of a small-roape, or line alongst, betwixt the strands of a cabell or hawser.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 120 Lanyards, Ratling, Worming.

1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §121 Not only the service and worming were cut, but the cable itself was..injured by the sharpness of the rocks.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 65 Worming is made of 2 or 3 strands.

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 27 The worming is put in the lay.

1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 84 A favourite design is to carve the bone into the similitude of a rope, with ‘worming’ of smaller line along its lays.

b. transferred. The action of worming electric cables; also concrete, material used for this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > forming of multicore cables

worming1909

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > forming of multicore cables > material used for

worming1909

1909 Coyle & Howe Electric Cables ii. 112 The specific gravity of the worming jute.

1949 Proc. Inst. Electr. Engineers 96 ii. 633/1 Would the author indicate..in what sizes additional worming or padding is required to allow the inclusion of the 0.0225-in² conductor and yet produce a good cable design?

1962 P. Dunsheath Hist. Elect. Engin. xvi. 259 Much attention was given to such refinements as..construction of wormings.

7. A worm-like incrustation.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > a crust or incrustation > worm-like

worming1903

1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance v. iii. 425 I knew the feel of every little worming of rust on the iron candlestick.

Compounds

worming machine n. (for making screw-threads).

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads

worming machine1866

hobbing machine1913

1866 J. Chamberlain in B'ham & Midl. Hardware Distr. 607 They [sc. screw-blanks] are next carried to the worming machine.

worming-pot n. a utensil for forming worm-like ornaments on stoneware.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > tools

serpentine pot1839

worming-pot1839

runner1840

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1017 Common stoneware is coloured by means of two kinds of apparatus; the one called the blowing-pot, the other the worming-pot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

wormingadj.

Etymology: < worm v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈworming.

Winding, twisting; figurative working or advancing insidiously or tortuously.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]

privyc1230

thiefly1395

stalkinga1400

slyc1440

insidious1545

clanculary1563

hedge-creeping1579

thievish1587

sneaking1590

tiptoe1593

peaking1595

underworking1605

stealthya1616

subtlea1616

surreptitious?1615

clancular1621

stealthful?1624

insidiary1625

worming1631

subterranean1643

clancularious1656

hugger-mugger1692

slink1792

slinking1841

instealing1844

thief-like1847

furtive1859

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > using insidious methods

worming1631

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. ii. 86 in Wks. II I ha' you in a purse-net, Good Master Picklocke, wi' your worming braine, And wrigling ingine-head of maintenance.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 369 But Saint Hierome will have them [sc. windows] lattised, Lignis interrasilibus, & vermiculatis, with worming or winding splinters of shaved wood.

a1764 R. Lloyd Charity in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 156 Your sly, sneaking, worming souls, Whom Friendship scorns, and Fear controuls.

1835 W. G. Simms Yemassee i. 14 (Funk) Around the fields the negro piles slowly the worming and ungraceful fence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	worming
释义	wormingn. Etymology: < worm v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈworming. 1. a. Extraction of the ‘worm’ or lytta from a dog's tongue. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > extraction of lytta worming1575 1575 G. Turberville tr. F. S. Vicentino Treat. Cure Spanels in Bk. Faulconrie 371 The worming doth discharge the Spanell of madnesse and frenesie. 1654 C. Wase in tr. Gratius Cynegeticon Illustr. 13 To prevent Madnesse by Worming. 1818 Sporting Mag. 2 31 Worming..is most efficatious. b. slang. (See quot. 1859.) ΚΠ 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang Worming, removing the beard of an oyster or muscle. 2. a. The action of ridding (plants, etc.) of ‘worms’ or grubs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > ridding of worms worming1641 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 52 [He] challenges as his right..the clipping of every bush, the weeding and worming of every bed. 1864 R. L. De Coin Hist. & Cult. Cotton & Tobacco 274 The worming must continue, after the hoeing is done, until the plants are ripe for cutting. b. Treatment administered to rid an animal of parasitic worms. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary procedures > worming worming1936 deworming1950 1936 J. Z. Rine Dog Owner's Man. vi. 99 All worming may prove more effective if preceded by a twenty-four-hour diet of buttermilk. 1947 New Biol. 3 69 The cost and labour of rounding them [sc. sheep] up for this periodical ‘worming’ may be..great. 1981 Times 22 May 3/2 Worker cats needed neutering, vaccinating, worming, regular feeding. 3. †a. The practice of a spy or informer. (In quot. 1607 attributive.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] spying1338 espying1340 espialc1386 espyc1386 spyc1450 especiala1500 spieryc1588 intelligence1602 worming1607 scouting1644 espionage1793 spyism1847 spydom1859 obbo1933 great game1936 spooking1977 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. iii. sig. E3^v Ha's not many men bin raised from this worming trade. b. The use of insidious methods of progress or advancement. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank > by insidious methods worming1916 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > use of insidious methods worming1916 1916 19th Cent. Nov. 1074 In the Two Americas,..Deutschtum has, by silent worming, won enormous power all the way from Chicago to the Chilean coast. 4. Angling with worms as bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > using specific bait maggot-fishing1804 worming1842 grasshoppering1872 squidding1894 prawning1909 shrimping1931 mooching1947 1842 G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches 48 Zo 't's all up wi' wormin', an' huomward da trot Th' angler, wull pleyz'd wi' th' spoort e've a-got. 1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 28/1 The other methods of taking trout..are spinning, live-baiting and worming. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 39/1 When I showed him how to cast the worm up-stream,..he was delighted with this, to him, novel method of worming. 5. The action of catching worms (for bait). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > using specific bait > catching worms for bait worming1881 1881 Athenæum 30 Apr. 594/2 Worming is an art; the worms are very cunning, and apt to pop back into their holes if the hunter treads heavily. 6. a. Nautical. The process of winding spun-yarn round a rope or cable, so as to fill up the spiral furrows between the strands (cf. worm v. 13). Also concrete, the yarn or line thus used as a filling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > operations on ropes or tackle reeving1627 worming1644 rounding1766 rendering1769 snaking1815 surging1839 snubbing1846 swig1849 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 116 Worming is the laying of a small-roape, or line alongst, betwixt the strands of a cabell or hawser. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 120 Lanyards, Ratling, Worming. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §121 Not only the service and worming were cut, but the cable itself was..injured by the sharpness of the rocks. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 65 Worming is made of 2 or 3 strands. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 27 The worming is put in the lay. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 84 A favourite design is to carve the bone into the similitude of a rope, with ‘worming’ of smaller line along its lays. b. transferred. The action of worming electric cables; also concrete, material used for this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > forming of multicore cables worming1909 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > forming of multicore cables > material used for worming1909 1909 Coyle & Howe Electric Cables ii. 112 The specific gravity of the worming jute. 1949 Proc. Inst. Electr. Engineers 96 ii. 633/1 Would the author indicate..in what sizes additional worming or padding is required to allow the inclusion of the 0.0225-in² conductor and yet produce a good cable design? 1962 P. Dunsheath Hist. Elect. Engin. xvi. 259 Much attention was given to such refinements as..construction of wormings. 7. A worm-like incrustation. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > a crust or incrustation > worm-like worming1903 1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance v. iii. 425 I knew the feel of every little worming of rust on the iron candlestick. Compounds worming machine n. (for making screw-threads). ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads worming machine1866 hobbing machine1913 1866 J. Chamberlain in B'ham & Midl. Hardware Distr. 607 They [sc. screw-blanks] are next carried to the worming machine. worming-pot n. a utensil for forming worm-like ornaments on stoneware. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > tools serpentine pot1839 worming-pot1839 runner1840 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1017 Common stoneware is coloured by means of two kinds of apparatus; the one called the blowing-pot, the other the worming-pot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). wormingadj. Etymology: < worm v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈworming. Winding, twisting; figurative working or advancing insidiously or tortuously. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] privyc1230 thiefly1395 stalkinga1400 slyc1440 insidious1545 clanculary1563 hedge-creeping1579 thievish1587 sneaking1590 tiptoe1593 peaking1595 underworking1605 stealthya1616 subtlea1616 surreptitious?1615 clancular1621 stealthful?1624 insidiary1625 worming1631 subterranean1643 clancularious1656 hugger-mugger1692 slink1792 slinking1841 instealing1844 thief-like1847 furtive1859 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > using insidious methods worming1631 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. ii. 86 in Wks. II I ha' you in a purse-net, Good Master Picklocke, wi' your worming braine, And wrigling ingine-head of maintenance. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 369 But Saint Hierome will have them [sc. windows] lattised, Lignis interrasilibus, & vermiculatis, with worming or winding splinters of shaved wood. a1764 R. Lloyd Charity in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 156 Your sly, sneaking, worming souls, Whom Friendship scorns, and Fear controuls. 1835 W. G. Simms Yemassee i. 14 (Funk) Around the fields the negro piles slowly the worming and ungraceful fence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1575adj.1631
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