† ˈtree-worm Obs.
[f. tree n. + worm n.]
The teredo or ship-worm.
| 1398 [see Teredo 1]. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. cxvi. (Bodl. MS.), A ful tender tre worme þat hatte teredo..& is fulle nasche in kinde & ȝitte he þorleþ moste harde treen. 1483 Cath. Angl. 393/1 A Tre worme, teredo. |