10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEW-WORM»
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Although he never mentioned the species he was working with, it is likely that he
was here referring to the burrows of the deep burrowing, anecic earthworm
Lumbricus terrestris L., or the dew worm. Dew worms have spatially distinct living
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F. Long. Burnley. (Mackerel often contain parasitical worms, but these are
harmless to man. Edilor Ml/V.) FIGHT BETWEEN Worms. -The other night I
watched for over half-an-hour what [took to be a fight between a dew-worm and a
wire-worm.
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The English dialect dictionary
Brandling-worm, a striped worm used in trout-fishing. th} Also called the Dew-
worm. Can-1.1 3. A kind of red and yellow earthworm, found in manure heaps,
used for fishing. Rab. Also called Bramrnel-worm, Brammin (Jami. N.Cy.1 th. We'
ll tell ...
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
dew-worm (du'werm), n. The common earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. dewy (du'i
), a. [< ME. "dewy, < AS. dedung ( = G. ttiuig, lhauig = Sw. daggig), < derfMJ, dew,
+ -ig, E. -y1.] 1. Of or pertaining to dew. Ere the hot sun count His dewy rosary ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Practical Fisherman: Dealing with the Natural History, ...
Use the Nottingham running tackle or leger, baiting previously as for barbel, and
using as hook bait the tail of a scoured dew worm. Here I may parenthetically
describe the habitat and appearance of the various worms, especially as the
bream ...
John Harrington Keene, 1881
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Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
In the choice of worms the common garden dew- worm of about two inches in
length is easily first favourite. In thick water, where fish hunt by smell, the
unsavoury brandling may hold the advantage ; but in the clear stream, where the
fish hunt ...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology
Their bodies, likewise, are covered with a viscid matter, which transudes through
numerous pores, and assists their progress. THE DEW- WORM t, AND LUG-
WORM J. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are •' The Earth-worms have
a ...
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The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation: ...
But for the Trout, the dew-worm, which some also call the lob-worm, and the
brandling, are the chief; and especially the first for a great Trout, and the latter for
a less. There be also of lob-worms, some called squirrel-tails, a worm that has a
red ...
Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, 1860
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The Horticultural register
There are several species met with in gardens and elsewhere ; the largest is the
dew-worm, so called from its exposing itself on the surface for sexual intercourse
while the dew is on the surface, or during soft warm rain. The other species are ...
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The Horticultural Register
There are several species met with in gardens and elsewhere ; the largest is the
dew-worm, so called from its exposing itself on the surface for sexual intercourse
while the dew is on the surface, or during soft warm rain. The other species are ...
Joseph Harrison, Sir Joseph Paxton, 1836
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