woodworm

woodworm englannista suomeksi

1. puuntuholainen

0. Substantiivi

1. jumi

woodworm englanniksi

1. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.

2. 1599, Simon Harward, “A Displaying of the wilfull deuises of wicked and vaine worldlings” in ''Three Sermons'', London: Richard Johns,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72253.0001.001

(..) ''(w)'' doth compaire enuie to the wood worm which though it doe breede in the tymber, yet it doth consume & waste the tymber, as enuie springing of the heart doth putrifie and vtterly eat vp the heart.

3. 1872, (w), letter to Mrs. Thomas Stevenson dated July 29, 1872, in (w) (editor), ''The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson'', New York: Scribner, 1917, Volume I, p. 45,https://archive.org/details/lettersofrob01stev

There was only one contretemps during the whole interview—the arrival of another visitor, in the shape (surely) the last of God’s creatures, a wood-worm of the most unnatural and hideous appearance, with one great striped horn stucking out of his nose like a boltsprit. If there are many wood-worms in Germany, I shall come home.

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Colm Tóibín|title=The Heather Blazing|publisher=Penguin|year_published=1994|chapter=2|page=25|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/heatherblazing00toib

5. (taxlink) ((vern)).

6. A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family (taxfmt) that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater.