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† ˈmusk-worm Obs.
Perh. = musk-beetle (musk n. 4 e); applied to a dealer in perfumes.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. iv. Wks. (1616) 246 What coyle these muske-wormes [printed mukse-wormes] take, to purchase anothers delight? for themselues, who beare the odours, haue euer the least sence of them. |