eaceworm
English edit
Etymology edit
Dialectal forms eace, easse (“earthworm”) (from Middle English ees (“bait, carrion”), from Old English ǣs) + worm. Akin to Old High German ās (“carrion”), Latin esca (“food, bait”), Lithuanian edesis (“food”), Old English etan (“to eat”) — more at eat.
Noun edit
eaceworm (plural eaceworms)
- (dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.