释义 |
ˈverminer rare. Also 7 varminer. [f. vermin n. + -er1.] A destroyer of vermin.
1615Markham Country Contentm. i. i. 5 The grissell..shag-haird [hounds] are the best varminers, and therefore are chosen to hunt the Fox, Badger, or any other hot sent. 1848Ainsworth Lancs. Witches iii. i. (1878) 421 The lurchers, and, lastly, the verminers, or, as we should call them, the terriers. |