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Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves..
O cursed Eld the cankerworme of writs, / How may these rimes, so rude as doth appeare, / Hope to endure, sith workes of heauenly wits / Are quite deuourd, and brought to nought by little bits?
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Canker worm means Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves..
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O cursed Eld the cankerworme of writs, / How may these rimes, so rude as doth appeare, / Hope to endure, sith workes of heauenly wits / Are quite deuourd, and brought to nought by little bits?
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