Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Worst (4)

Worst, v. i. To grow worse; to deteriorate. “Every face... worsting.” Jane Austen.

2567

Worsted

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 wh...

2568

Wort

Wort (?), n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ört, Goth. waúrts a root, L. radix, Gr. � a root, � a branch, young ...

2569

Wort (2)

Wort (?), n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. würze, bierwürze, Icel. virtr, Sw. vört. See Wort an herb.] An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in th...

2570

Worth

Worth (?), v. i. [OE. worthen, wurþen, to become, AS. weorðan; akin to OS. werðan, D. worden, G. werden, OHG. werdan, Icel. verða, Sw. varda, Goth. waírpan, L. vertere to turn, ...

2571

Worth (2)

Worth, a. [OE. worth, wurþ, AS. weorð, wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. werð, D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. verðr, Sw. värd, Dan. værd, Goth. waírps, and perhaps to...

2572

Worth (3)

Worth, n. [OE. worth, wurþ, AS. weorð, wurð; weorð, wurð, adj. See Worth, a.]1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which rend...

2573

Worthful

Worth″ful (?), a. Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.

2574

Worthily

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,...

2575

Worthiness

Wor″thi‐ness, n. The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.Who is sure he hath a soul, unlessIt see, and judge, and follow worthine...

2576

Worthless

Worth″less (?), a. [AS. weorðleás.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless g...

2577

Worthy

Wor″thy (?), a. [Compar.Worthier (�); superl.Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wurþi, from worth, wurþ, n.; cf. Icel. verðugr, D. waardig, G. würdig, OHG. wirdīg. See Worth, n.]1. Having...

2578

Worthy (2)

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; a...

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Worthy (3)

Wor″thy, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. Shak.

2580

Wost

Wost (?), 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. Spenser.

2581

Wot

Wot (?), 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v.Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it. Acts iii. 17.

2582

Wotest

{ Wot″est (?), Wot″test, } 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know.

2583

Woteth

{ Wot″eth (?), Wot″teth, } 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. “He wotteth neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth.” Tyndale.

2584

Wou-wou

Wou″–wou′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The agile, or silvery, gibbon; — called also camper. See Gibbon. [Written also wow-wow.]

2585

Woul

Woul (?), v. i. To howl. Wyclif.

2586

Would

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 W...

2587

Would (2)

Would (?), n. See 2d Weld.

2588

Would-be

Would″–be′ (�), a. Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

2589

Woulding

Would″ing, n. Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. Hammond.

2590

Wouldingness

Would″ing‐ness, n. Willingness; desire.

2591

Woulfe bottle

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.

2592

Wound

Wound (?), imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.