† sting-wormn.Obsolete ? a worm supposed to sting cattle (cf. taint-wormn.).
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandryiii. f. 134v If he [sc. a bullock] swell of the Taint, or Stingworme, geue him Urine, Salt, & Tryacle to drinke.