Vermine

They have another sort of Hunting, which is very diverting, and that they call Vermine Hunting; It is perform'd a Foot, with small Dogs in the Night, by the Light of the Moon or Stars.

The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722

Infesters of Warrens, as the two last mentioned Vermine, but are not purposely to be sought after; unless the Huntsman see their place of

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

Discretion of the _Huntsman_; Only I would have him observe, that it be built some pretty way distant from the Dwelling-House, in a warm dry place, free from Vermine, and near some Pond or River of fresh Water; and so placed, that the Morning Sun may shine upon it.

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

But he would not listen to it; he said he had enough to do with his Vermine.

Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885

But he would not listen to it; he said he had enough to do with his Vermine.

Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840

Engines and Traps to take Polcats, Buzzards, Rats, Mice, and all other Kinds of Vermine and Beasts whatsoever, with cuts, very rare, 1600 £3 3_s. _ 0_d.

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811

For the hoggs I dont know what to say to them as they run in the woods wee Esteem them little better then Vermine, and tis not common to put them into the Inventory of our Estates,

Letter from Robert Carter to Micajah Perry, July 13, 1723 1723

They have also a a further advantage of this Oyntment, for it keeps all Lice, Fleas, and other troublesome Vermine from coming near them; which otherwise, by reason of the nastiness of their Cabbins, they would be very much infested with.

The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722

All the troublesom Vermine, that ever I heard any Body complain of, are either Frogs, Snakes, Muskera's, Chinches, Seedticks, or Red-worms, by some call'd Potato-lice.

The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722

Hogs swarm like Vermine upon the Earth, and are often accounted such, insomuch that when an Inventory of any considerable Man's Estate is taken by the Executors, the Hogs are left out, and not listed in the Appraisement.

The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722