† chestwormn.
Obsolete.
A pill millipede, or woodlouse. It is doubtful whether quot. a16391 is a figurative use of this, or a distinct compound, meaning ‘worm within the chest or breast’.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Oniscomorpha > member of
cheslip1530
chestworm1544
pill millipede1815
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Oniscidae or genus Oniscus
lockchestera1400
sow14..
lugdora1425
louk?a1450
lockchestc1450
cheslip1530
palmer1538
chestworm1544
Robin Goodfellow's louse1552
monk's peason1558
cheslock1574
porcelet1578
swine louse1579
hog-louse1580
multiped1601
kitchen-bob1610
woodlouse1611
loop1612
millipede1612
timber-sow1626
cheeselog1657
sow-louse1658
thurse-louse1658
onisc1661
monkey pea1682
slater1684
slatter1739
sow-bug1750
Oniscus1806
pig louse1819
hob-thrush1828
land-slater1863
pig's louse1888
wall-louse1899
oniscoid1909
chucky-pig1946
1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) B iv Also the chestwormes that are founde betwene the barkes of trees, whych wyll tourne themselves together like a beade when they be touched.
a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 60 Universal tortures..of which the pangs of childbirth..gnawings of chest~worms, drinks of gall and wormwood, are but shadows.
a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 98 The..reproofs of it [conscience]..gnawing more than any chest-worm, tormenting worse than hot pincers.
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