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Worn out.

A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.

ticoats." Dryden. A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve.

A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks. [Written also doliman.]

A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey.

t; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] -- Done up. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]

. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.

g garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.

loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. All…

An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest.

, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.

ehind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.

lished in other countries. Druid stones, a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq.]

A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust. [U.S.]

No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new on…

A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.