The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
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Wor"ship , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worshiped (?) ∨ Worshipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping ∨ Worshipping .]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.]
Chaucer.
Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. Shak.
This holy image that is man God worshipeth . Foxe.
2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
But God is to be worshiped . Shak.
When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. Milton.
3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
With bended knees I daily worship her. Carew.
Syn. -- To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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Wor"ship (?) , v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship . John iv. 20.
Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? Longfellow.
Worshipability <Xpage=1666>
Wor`ship*a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.]
Coleridge.
Worshipable <Xpage=1666>
Wor"ship*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.]
Carlyle.
Worshiper <Xpage=1666>
Wor"ship*er (?) , n. One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper .]
Worshipful <Xpage=1666>
Wor"ship*ful (?) , a. Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society."
Shak.
[She is] so dear and worshipful . Chaucer.
-- Wor"ship*ful*ly , adv. -- Wor"ship*ful*ness , n.
Worst <Xpage=1666>
Worst (?) , a. , superl. of Bad . [OE. werst , worste , wurste , AS. wyrst , wierst , wierrest . See Worse , a .] Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse . "Heard so oft in worst extremes."
Milton.
I have a wife, the worst that may be. Chaucer.
If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. Shak.
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Worst , n. That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
The worst is not So long as we can say, This is the worst . Shak.
He is always sure of finding diversion when the worst comes to the worst . Addison.
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Worst , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worsted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Worsting .] [See Worse , v. t. & a. ] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. South.
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Worst , v. i. To grow worse; to deteriorate. [R.] "Every face . . . worsting ."
Jane Austen.
Worsted <Xpage=1666>
Worst"ed (?; 277) , n. [From Worsted , now spelled Worstead , a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead . See Worth , n. , and Stead .]
1. 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.
2. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
Wort <Xpage=1666>
Wort (?) , n. [OE. wort , wurt , AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt , G. wurz , Icel. jurt , urt , Dan. urt , Sw. \'94rt , Goth. wa\'a3rts a root, L. radix , Gr. <?/ a root, <?/ a branch, young shoot, <?/ a branch, and E. root , n. Cf. Licorice , Orchard , Radish , Root , n. , Whortleberry , Wort an infusion of malt.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind.
&hand; This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in cole wort , fig wort , St. John's- wort , wound wort , etc.
2. pl. Cabbages.
Wort <Xpage=1666>
Wort (?) , n. [OE. worte , wurte , AS. wyrte ; akin to OD. wort , G. w\'81rze , bier w\'81rze , Icel. virtr , Sw. v\'94rt . See Wort an herb.] 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.
&hand; Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Worth <Xpage=1666>
Worth (?) , v. i. [OE. worthen , wur\'eden , to become, AS. weor\'eban ; akin to OS. wer\'eban , D. worden , G. werden , OHG. werdan , Icel. ver\'eba , Sw. varda , Goth. wa\'a1rpan , L. vertere to turn, Skr. v\'f0t , v. i., to turn, to roll, to become. \'fb143. Cf. Verse , - ward , Weird .] 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.
I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe . Piers Plowman.
He worth upon [got upon] his steed gray. Chaucer.
Worth <Xpage=1666>
Worth , a. [OE. worth , wur\'ed , AS. weor\'eb , wurE ; akin to OFries. werth , OS. wer\'eb , D. waard , OHG. werd , G. wert , werth , Icel. ver\'ebr , Sw. v\'84rd , Dan. v\'91rd , Goth. wa\'a1rps , and perhaps to E. wary . Cf. Stalwart , Ware an article of merchandise, Worship .]
1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. [Obs.]
It was not worth to make it wise. Chaucer.
2. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats. Shak.
All our doings without charity are nothing worth . Bk. of Com. Prayer.
If your arguments produce no conviction, they are worth nothing to me. Beattie.
3. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. Milton.
This is life indeed, life worth preserving. Addison.
4. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
At Geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty hundred crowns. Addison.
Worth while , ∨ Worth the while . See under While , n. <-- should add separate "worthwhile". See below. -->
Worth <Xpage=1666>
Worth , n. [OE. worth , wur\'ed , AS. weor\'eb , wur\'eb ; weor\'eb , wur\'eb , adj. See Worth , a. ]
1. 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.
What 's worth in anything But so much money as 't will bring? Hudibras.
2. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth .
To be of worth, and worthy estimation. Shak.
As none but she, who in that court did dwell, Could know such worth, or worth describe so well. Waller.
To think how modest worth neglected lies. Shenstone.
Syn. -- Desert; merit; excellence; price; rate.
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Worthful <Xpage=1667>
Worth"ful (?) , a. Full of worth; worthy; deserving.
Marston.
Worthily <Xpage=1667>
Wor"thi*ly (?) , adv. In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. Dryden.
Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South.
Worthiness <Xpage=1667>
Wor"thi*ness , n. The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness ? Donne.
She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. Sir P. Sidney.
The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthiness accepted. Hooker.
Worthless <Xpage=1667>
Worth"less (?) , a. [AS. weor\'eble\'a0s .] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate .
'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron.
-- Worth"less*ly , adv. -- Worth"less*ness , n.
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worthwhile , adj. Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while.
worthy. -- worthwhileness. -->
Worthy <Xpage=1667>
Wor"thy (?) , a. [ Compar. Worthier (<?/) ; superl. Worthiest. ] [OE. worthi , wur\'edi , from worth , wur\'ed , n.; cf. Icel. ver\'ebugr , D. waardig , G. w\'81rdig , OHG. wird\'c6g . See Worth , n. ]
1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Full worthy was he in his lordes war. Chaucer.
These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. Shak.
Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. Milton.
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. Sir J. Davies.
2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of , or with that ; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to ; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. Shak.
The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. Shak.
Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. Matt. iii. 11.
And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. Milton.
The lodging is well worthy of the guest. Dryden.
3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
Worthy women of the town. Chaucer.
Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent) , most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.
Burrill.
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Wor"thy , n. ; pl. Worthies (<?/) . A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies ; military worthies .
The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. Cowper.
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Wor"thy , v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.]
Shak.
Wost <Xpage=1667>
Wost (?) , 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit , to know. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Wot <Xpage=1667>
Wot (?) , 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit , to know. See the Note under Wit , v. [Obs.]
Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it. Acts iii. 17.
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Wot"est (?) , Wot"test , 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit , to know. [Obs.]
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Wot"eth (?) , Wot"teth , 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit , to know. [Obs.] "He wotteth neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth."
Tyndale.
Woul <Xpage=1667>
Woul (?) , v. i. To howl. [Obs.]
Wyclif.
Would <Xpage=1667>
Would (?) , imp. of Will . [OE. & AS. wolde . See Will , v. t. ] Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will .
&hand; Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will .
Right as our Lord hath would .
Chaucer.
Would <Xpage=1667>
Would (?) , n. See 2d Weld .
Would-be <Xpage=1667>
Would"-be \'b7 (<?/), a. Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet\'3c-- wannabe--\'3e .
Woulding <Xpage=1667>
Would"ing , n. Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.]
Hammond.
Wouldingness <Xpage=1667>
Would"ing*ness , n. Willingness; desire. [Obs.]
Woulfe bottle <Xpage=1667>
Woulfe" bot`tle (?) , n. (Chem.) A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe , an English chemist.
Wound <Xpage=1667>
Wound (?) , imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.
Wound <Xpage=1667>
Wound (?; 277) , n. [OE. wounde , wunde , AS. wund ; akin to OFries. wunde , OS. wunda , D. wonde , OHG. wunta , G. wunde , Icel. und , and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt , Goth. wunds , and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win . \'fb140. Cf. Zounds.]
1. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like.
Chaucer.
Showers of blood Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen. Shak.
2. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
3. (Criminal Law) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity.
&hand; Walker condemns the pronunciation woond as a "capricious novelty." It is certainly opposed to an important principle of our language, namely, that the Old English long sound written ou , and pronounced like French ou or modern English oo , has regularly changed, when accented, into the diphthongal sound usually written with the same letters ou in modern English, as in ground , hound , round , sound . The use of ou in Old English to represent the sound of modern English oo was borrowed from the French, and replaced the older and Anglo-Saxon spelling with u . It makes no difference whether the word was taken from the French or not, provided it is old enough in English to have suffered this change to what is now the common sound of ou ; but words taken from the French at a later time, or influenced by French, may have the French sound.
Wound gall (Zo\'94l.) , an elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish brown weevil ( Ampeloglypter sesostris ) whose larv\'91 inhabit the galls.
Wound <Xpage=1667>
Wound (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wounded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wounding .] [AS. wundian . \'fb140. See Wound , n. ]
1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 1 Sam. xxxi. 3.
2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 1 Cor. viii. 12.
Woundable <Xpage=1667>
Wound"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. [R.]
Fuller.
Wounder <Xpage=1667>
Wound"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, wounds.
Woundily <Xpage=1667>
Wound"i*ly (?) , adv. In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy. [Obs.]
Woundless <Xpage=1667>
Wound"less (?) , a. Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable. "Knights whose woundless armor rusts."
Spenser.
[Slander] may miss our name, And hit the woundless air. Shak.
Woundwort <Xpage=1667>
Wound"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys .
Woundy <Xpage=1667>
Wound"y (?) , a. Excessive. [Obs.]
Such a world of holidays, that 't a woundy hindrance to a poor man that lives by his labor. L'Estrange.
Woundy <Xpage=1667>
Wound"y , adv. Excessively; extremely. [Obs.]
A am woundy cold. Ford.
Wourali <Xpage=1667>
Wou"ra*li (?) , n. Same as Curare.
Wou-wou <Xpage=1667>
Wou"-wou` (?) , n. [So called from its cry.] (Zo\'94l.) The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See Gibbon . [Written also wow-wow .]
Wove <Xpage=1667>
Wove (?) , p. pr. & rare vb. n. of Weave .
Woven <Xpage=1667>
Wov"en (?) , p. p. of Weave .
Woven paper , or Wove paper , writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks.
Wowe <Xpage=1667>
Wowe (?) , v. t. & i. To woo. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Wowf <Xpage=1667>
Wowf (?) , a. Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. [Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Wowke <Xpage=1667>
Wowke (?) , n. Week. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Wow-wow <Xpage=1667>
Wow"-wow" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Wou-wou .
Wox <Xpage=1667>
Wox (?) , obs. imp. of Wax .
Gower.
Woxen <Xpage=1667>
Wox"en (?) , obs. p. p. of Wax .
Chaucer.
Wrack <Xpage=1667>
Wrack (?) , n. A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Wrack <Xpage=1667>