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Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.

The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100.

The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.

Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.

nt; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." Prof. Wilson. Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. R. of Brunne.

The quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring. [Obs.]

One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.

The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious. For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.

Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trust"wor`thi*ness, n.

Unworthy. [Obs.] Milton.

Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of. -- Un*wor"thi*ly, adv. -- Un*wor"thi*ness, n.

A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.

A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.

cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

tive suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth.

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.