English English Dictionary

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.

Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.

Containing a worm; abounding with worms.

Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.

of Wear

p. p. of Wear.

Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.

See Wormil.

Alt. of Worrel

An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.

of Worry

One who worries.

of Worry

Trouble; anxiety; worry.

Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

To worry; to annoy.

Worry; anxiety.

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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.

To harass with labor; to fatigue.