Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
mud-worm .
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- noun A
polychaete worm of thegenus Nereis or thefamily Nereididae, often used asbait infishing .
Etymologies
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rag + worm.
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Examples
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Smelts are best fished for with tiny hooks tied on fine gut and baited with fragments of shrimp, ragworm, and other delicacies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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