Definition of Blindworms

1. Noun. (plural of blindworm) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blindworms

1. blindworm [n] - See also: blindworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blindworms

blindman's buff
blindman's holiday
blindness
blindnesses
blinds
blindside
blindsided
blindsides
blindsiding
blindsight
blindspot
blindspots
blindstories
blindstory
blindworm
blindworms (current term)
bling
bling bling
blinged
blingier
blingiest
blingy
blini
blinis
blink
blink-and-you-miss-it
blink-eyed
blink away
blink of an eye
blinkard

Literary usage of Blindworms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Record of Technical and Secondary Education by National Association for the Promotion of Technical and Secondary Education (Great Britain) (1904)
"The colours of blindworms vary very much, and, as a rule, match their surroundings ... If you are very fortunate one of your blindworms may lay some eggs. ..."

2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"... tame blindworms. Living at the BK a the heart of the City, I was obliged и nat the suburbs for convenient hunting grossis for the small garden slug ..."

3. The Annals of Horticulture (1848)
"... which ran with agility among the pots, and to several of those innocent blindworms against which the peasants in their ignorance wage sueh dreadful war. ..."

4. Palaestra Logica by William Henry Forbes, Dennis Hird (1904)
"(3) Snakes into poisonous snakes, harmless snakes, and blindworms. ... (3) Includes blindworms, which are not snakes, and does not include all snakes; ..."

5. The Origin and Growth of the Moral Instinct by Alexander Sutherland (1898)
"... and so forth, the fertilisation is internal, and the young are often born alive. Brehm says that the males of the blindworms ..."

6. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"The Fairies sing' You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blindworms, do no wrong ' Come not near our fairy queen. ..."

7. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Bickers and Son, Boydell Gallery (1878)
"Then they began to sing this song : " You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen ; Newts and blindworms do no wrong, Come not near ..."

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