† ˈmusk-wormObs. 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.