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Same as Oarweed.

To exceed in woe. [Obs.]

To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

To exceed in worth. [R.]

To say in too many words; to express verbosely. Hales.

To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.

Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.

Worth the pains o

Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects. Joel. i. 4.

A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inh…

The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers. Dr. Prior.

Wainscoting.

A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay.

Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift.

A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.

undish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, or Water, pennywort. (Bot.) See under March.

A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn.

A female writer; an authoress. Johnson.

See Peppergrass.