vermilyt (vermil i)

[Irreg. extended from vermil, vermeil.] Same as vermilion. Spenser, F. Q., III. viii. 6. vermin (vėrʼmin), n. [Formerly also vermine (also dial. varmin, varmint, varment ); a worm: see worm.] 1. Any noxious or troublesome animal: mostly used in a collective sense. IMG:content-1792.png:[blocks in formation] (b) A noxious or disgusting insect, especially a parasite; particularly, a louse, a bedbug, or a flea. (c) A mammal or bird injurious to game, and mischievous or troublesome in game-preserves: chiefly an English usage. Such quadrupeds as badgers, otters, weasels, polecats, rats, and mice, and such birds as hawks and owls, are all called vermin. Inhuman devill! think some fatall hower Will bring huge troupes of vermine to devoure Thy graine & thee. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 99. They [of Java Major] feede on Cats, Rats, and other vermine. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 540. Like a vermin or a wolf, when their time comes they die and perish, and in the mean time do no good. It is not so much to me and my fraternity as those base Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, i. 1. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 21. vermin the Otters. Hence-2. A contemptible or obnoxious person; a low or vile fellow; also, such persons collectively. You are my prisoners, base vermine . S. Butler, Hudibras, II. iii. 1072. Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke, Amer. Taxation.