muckworm

[Eng. muck (1), s., and worm (q. v.).] 1. Lit.: A worm found in dung-heaps. 2. Fig.: A miser, a curmudgeon, a niggard, a muckerer. "Here you a muckworm of the town might see." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, i. 50. *můck-ỹ, v . t . [MUCKY, a.] To dirty, to soil. ( C. Brontè : Jane Eyre , ch. xxix.) můck-ў, а . [Eng. muck (1), s.; -y.] IMG:content-1467.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1468.png:[blocks in formation] Chem.: CHO4. A monobasic acid formed by the decomposition of dibrom-adipic acid by argentic oxide. It forms large crystals with numerous faces, which di olve easily in water, alcohol, and ether, and melt at about 100. By boiling with solution of hydrate of barium, it is decomposed into acetic, succinic, and carbonic acids.