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The place or office of direction or administration. "The helm of the Commonwealth." Melmoth.

Guidance; direction. [R.]

Covered with a helmet. The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks. Milton.

The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form.

Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet- shaped part; galeate.

An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.

A vermifuge.

rge group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.

A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms. -- n.

One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.

Wormlike; vermiform.

Of or pertaining to helminthology.

One versed in helminthology.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

Destitute of a helmet.

The man at the helm; a steersman.

A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm. [Prov. Eng.]

Good against intestinal worms. -- An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]