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malt-worm
ˈmalt-worm † 1. A weevil which infests malt. Obs.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 46/1 Bowde, malte-worme (P. boude of malte), gurgulio. 2. transf. One who loves malt-liquor; a toper.c 1550 Drinking Song in Skelton's Wks. (1843) I. p. x, Then dothe she troule To me the bolle As a goode malte worme sholde. 1580 G...
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▪ I. malt, n.1 (mɒlt, -ɔː-) Forms: 1 mealt, 6–8 (9 Sc.) mault, 6 maulte, 5–6 malte, (7 mawlt), 8–9 Sc. and north. dial. maut, 1– malt. [Com. Teut.: OE. mealt = OS. malt (Du. mout), OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) malz, ON. (Sw., Da.) malt:—OTeut. *maltos- neut., whence Finnish mallas (from which the declension ...
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