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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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WORMWOOD n. 2 definitions

ter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.

WORMY a. 2 definitions

Containing a worm; abounding with worms. "Wormy beds." Shak.

p. p. of Wear. Worn land, land that has become exhausted by tillage, or which for any reason has lost its fertility.

Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.

WORRAL; WORREL n.

An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.

One who worries.

Trouble; anxiety; worry. [Colloq. U. S.]

Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

WORRIT v. 2 definitions

To worry; to annoy. [Illiterate]

WORRY v. 5 definitions

hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. Shak.

WORRYINGLY adv.

In a worrying manner.

WORSE a. 5 definitions

specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense. Or worse, if men worse can devise. Chaucer. [She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. Mark v. 26. Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse. 2 Tim. iii. 13. There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while anot…

WORSEN v. 3 definitions

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair. It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened. Southey.

Worse. [R.] Thou dost deserve a worser end. Beau. & Fl. From worser thoughts which make me do amiss. Bunyan. A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far Than arms, a sullen interval of war. Dryden.

WORSHIP n. 10 definitions

Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak. A man of worship and honour. Chaucer. Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. Spenser.

WORSHIPABILITY n.

The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.

Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.

One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]