Obs. rare. Also spoul-. [ad. older Flem. spoel-worm (Kilian), G. spulwurm.] A tapeworm infesting the human body.
1527. Andrew, Brunswyke’s Distyll. Waters, D j b. The same water dronke … is good for the worme in the body named the spole worme. Ibid., E j b. Two ounces dronke fastynge in the mornynge is good for the evyll worme called the spoul worme.
