eaceworm
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Dialectal forms eace, easse (“earthworm”) (from Middle English ees (“bait, carrion”), from Old English ǣs) + worm. Akin to Old High German ās (“carrion”), Latin esca (“food, bait”), Lithuanian edesis (“food”), Old English etan (“to eat”) — more at eat.
Noun
[edit]eaceworm (plural eaceworms)
- (dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.
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- en:Worms