Obs. WORM-EATEN, lit. and fig.
1597. Bp. Hall, Sat., I. iv. 6. Some brauer braine in high Heroick rimes Compileth worm-eate stories of olde tymes.
1601. 2nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass., IV. iii. 1936. Spending the marrow of their flowring age, In fruitelesse poring on some worme eate leafe.
1607. R. Turner, Nosce Te, E 3. This worme-eate Churle.
