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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wormeseid, n. [ME and e.m.E. wyrmsed (a1400-50), worme sede (1502).] The seeds of one of a number of plants used as an anthelmintic or ? a reduced form of wormet seid (Wormewod n. c). — 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 333.
Wormeseid the pund, xx s.
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