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glose-worm
† ˈglose-worm Obs. rare. Also glouse-. [? app. an alteration of glow-worm. Cf. gloze v.3, gloss n.2; also glass-worm, glaze-worm.] = glow-worm.1519 W. Horman Vulg. 108 A flye or a worme called a glouberde, or a glouse worme. 1589 R. Harvey Pl. Perc. (1860) 21 Changeable coloured vrchins, which can g... Oxford English Dictionary
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glouse worme
glouse worme var. glose-worm, Obs. Oxford English Dictionary
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glow-worm
glow-worm (ˈgləʊwɜːm) Forms: 4 glou-, 5 gloo-, 6–7 glo-, gloe-, glowe-, 6– glow-worm (etc.: see worm). See also glose-worm. [f. glow v. + worm.] A coleopterous insect (Lampyris noctiluca, Linn.), the female of which emits a shining green light from the extremity of the abdomen. The female is wingles... Oxford English Dictionary
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