lob-worm
(ˈlɒbwɜːm)
[f. lob n.2]
a. A large earthworm used for bait by anglers. b. The lug-worm (Arenicola marina).
| a. 1651 T. Barker Art of Angling (1653) 7, I baited my hook with two Lob-worms. 1653 Walton Angler iv. 94 For the Trout the Dew-worm (which some also call the Lob-worm) and the Brandling are the chief. 1718 G. Jacob Compl. Sportsman 119 The Lob or Garden-Worm well scoured is the only Bait. 1867 F. Francis Angling i. (1880) 31 The large roach will..take the tail of a lob-worm very ravenously. |
| b. 1854 Eng. Cycl., Nat. Hist. I. 295 Arenicola piscatorum, the Lob or Lug-Worm. 1875 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 9) II. 71/1 All round the British and many other coasts the lob-worm (Arenicola marina) is used for bait. |