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vermin |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vermin \Ver"min\, n. sing. & pl.; used chiefly as plural. [OE. vermine, F. vermine, from L. vermis a worm; cf LL vermen a worm, L. verminosus full of worms. See {Vermicular}, {Worm}.] 1. An animal, in general. [Obs.] Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls. --Acts x. 12. (Geneva Bible). This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a dangerous vermin, used to both elements. --Holland. 2. A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc ``Cruel hounds or some foul vermin.'' --Chaucer. Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in the field. --Mortimer. They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the forest . . . is before them --Burke. 3. Hence in contempt, noxious human beings. You are my prisoners, base vermin. --Hudibras. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vermin n 1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: {varmint}] 2: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
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