ˈchurr-worm
[See quot. 1868. But Bailey and others explained the name f. OE. cierran, cyrran to turn, ‘because it turneth quick about’.]
A local name of the Mole-Cricket.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §2. 124. 1726 Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Eve-Churr or Churr-Worm, a kind of Insect. 1868 Wood Homes without H. viii. 158 The Mole Cricket..called in some places the Croaker or Churr-worm on account of the peculiar sound which it produces. |