copper-worm

copper-worm
ˈcopper-worm Obs.
1. ‘A little worm in ships’ (J.).
Supposed to mean the ship-worm, Teredo navalis.
2. ‘A moth that fretteth garments’ (J.).
3. ‘A worm breeding in one's hand’ (J.).
Johnson cites Ainsworth.

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