Worm (n.) Same as Vermes.
Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
Worm (n.) A being debased and despised.
Worm (n.) Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
Worm (n.) The thread of a screw.
Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
Worm (n.) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
Worm (n.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
Wormed (imp. & p. p.) of Worm
Worming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worm
Worm (v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
Worm (v. t.) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.
Worm (v. t.) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
Wormal (n.) See Wormil.
Worm-eaten (a.) Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Worm-eaten (a.) Worn-out; old; worthless.
Wormed (a.) Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber.
Wormhole (n.) A burrow made by a worm.
Wormian (a.) Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.
Wormil (n.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble.
Wormil (n.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
Wormling (n.) A little worm.
Wormseed (n.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.
Worm-shell (n.) Any species of Vermetus.
Wormul (n.) See Wornil.
Wormwood (n.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter 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.
Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Wormy (superl.) Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
Wormy (superl.) Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
Worn () p. p. of Wear.
Wornil (n.) See Wormil.
Worn-out (a.) Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.
Worral (n.) Alt. of Worrel
Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.
Worrier (n.) One who worries.
Worriment (n.) Trouble; anxiety; worry.
Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.
Worrit (v. t.) To worry; to annoy.
Worrit (n.) Worry; anxiety.
Worried (imp. & p. p.) of Worry
Worrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worry
Worry (v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.
Worry (v. t.) To harass with labor; to fatigue.
Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Worries (pl. ) of Worry
Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
Worryingly (adv.) In a worrying manner.
Worse (compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense.
Worse (n.) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
Worse (n.) That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
Worse (a.) In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
Worse (v. t.) To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
Worsen (v. t.) To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.
Worsen (v. i.) To grow or become worse.
Worser (a.) Worse.
Worship (a.) Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
Worship (a.) Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
Worship (a.) The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.
Worship (a.) Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
Worship (a.) An object of worship.
Worshiped (imp. & p. p.) of Worship
Worshipped () of Worship
Worshiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worship
Worshipping () of Worship
Worship (v. t.) To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
Worship (v. t.) To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
Worship (v. t.) To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
Worship (v. i.) To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
Worshipability (n.) The quality of being worthy to be worshiped.
Worshipable (a.) Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship.
Worshiper (n.) One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores.
Worshipful (a.) Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically.
Worst (a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
Worst (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
Worsted (imp. & p. p.) of Worst
Worsting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worst
Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
Worst (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
Wort (n.) A plant of any kind.
Wort (n.) Cabbages.
Wort (n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
Worth (v. i.) To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.
Worth (a.) Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
Worth (a.) Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
Worth (a.) Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
Worth (a.) Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
Worth (a.) That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
Worth (a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
Worthful (a.) Full of worth; worthy; deserving.
Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.