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ˈtaint-worm arch.
[f. taint n. + worm.]
A worm or crawling larva supposed to taint or infect cattle, etc.: cf. taint n. C. 3.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 150 Doo taint wormes good, that lurke where ox should eat? 1637Milton Lycidas 46 As killing as the Canker to the Rose, Or Taint-worm to the weanling Herds that graze. 1840Browning Sordello vi. 158 Study the corpse-face thro' the taint-worms' scurf. |