world 
10. The part of mankind that is devoted to the 
affairs of this life or interested in secular af- 
fairs; those concerned especially for the in- 
terests and pleasures of the present state of 
existence ; the unregenerate or ungodly part of 
humanity, 
I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast 
given rae. John xvii. 9. 
11. The ways and manners of men ; the prac- 
tices of life ; the habits, customs, and usages 
of society ; social life in its various aspects. 
"Tis not good that children should know any wicked- 
ness ; old folks, you know, have discretion, as they say, and 
know the world. Siiak., M. W. of W., ii. 2. 134. 
The girl might pass, if we could get her 
To know the worW a little better. 
(To know the world ! a modern phrase 
For visits, ombre, balls, and plays). 
Swi/t^ Cadenus and Vanessa. 
Mr. Beauclerk was very entertaining this day, and told 
us a number of short stories in a lively, elegant manner, 
and with that air of the world which has I know not what 
impressive effect Boswell, Johnson, an. 1779. 
He had seen the world, and mingled with society, yet 
retained the strong eccentricities of a man who had lived 
much alone. Irving. 
12. A course of life ; a career. 
Persons of conscience will be afraid to begin the world 
unjustly. RiehardsoHf Clarissa Harlowe. 
13. The current of events, especially as affect- 
ing the individual; circumstances or affairs, 
particularly those closely relating to one^s self. 
How goes the world with thee ? 
5Aa*.,Rich.ni.,iii.2. 98. 
14. Any system of more or less complexity or 
development, characterized by harmony, order. 
or completeness; anything forming an organic 
whole; a microcosm. 
Man is one world, and hath 
Another to attend him. 
O. Herbert.The Temple, Man. 
Dreams, books are each a world; and bo^^ks, we know. 
Are a substantial world, both pure and gooii. 
Wordgworih, Personal Talk. 
16. Sphere; domain; province; region; realm: 
as, the world of dreams; the icorUl of art. 
How it (moral philosophy] extendeth it selfe out of the 
limits of a mans own little world to the gouernment of 
families, and maintayning of publique societies. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie (ed. Arber), p. 31. 
Will one beam be less intense, 
When thy peculiar difference 
Is cancelrd in the world of sense? 
Tennyson, Two Voict-s. 
16. A great number or quantity: as, a icorhl 
of people; a world of words; a world of mean- 
ing. Compare a world, below. 
He holt al>oute him alwey, out of drede, 
A world of folk, as com him wel of kynde, 
The frewheate and the beste he koude fynde. 
Chancer, Troilus, ill. 1721. 
I can go no where 
Without a world of offerings to my excellence. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 1. 
There must a world of ceremonies pass. 
B. Jowton, Ak-hemist, i. 1. 
Being lead through the Synagogue into a privat house, 
I foand a world of people in a chamber. 
Et>elyn, Diary, Jan. 15. 1645. 
It cost me a loorld of woe. Tennymn, The Grandmother. 
17. Used in emphatic phra.ses expressing won- 
der, astonishment, perplexity, etc. : as, what in 
the world am I to do f how in all the w<trld did 
you get there f — Above the world. See above. - All 
the world, (a) Everybody. 
All the ttordle anon wenten hym again, 
Men, wemen, children, of ech side moate and teste. 
Rom. of ParUnay (E. E. T. S.X 1. 4838. 
Tis the duke's pleasure. 
Whose disposition, ail the world well knows, 
Will not be rubb'd nor stopp'd. 
Shak., Lear, ii. 2. 160. 
(b) The sum of what the world contains ; everything : as, she 
it aU the world to me. Compare the whole xcorid, below. 
For eni werk that he wrougt seththe i wul it hold, 
ne wold i it were non other al the xporld to haue. 
Wmiam of Palerne (E. E. T. S.). 1. 457. 
All the world and his wife, ever>lKxly ; sometimes, 
everyboily worth speaking about; also, an ill-ass'jrted 
mass. (HuniorouB.) 
Jfiw . Pray, madam, who were the company? 
iMdy Smart. Why, there was all the world ana Am leife. 
Sui/t, Polite Conversation, ili. 
AU the world and hig wife and daughter leave cards. 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, i. 17. 
All the world to a hand-sawt. .See Aa/M/-jfaw. — Ar- 
chetypal world. See arrhptupul.'-A World, a great 
deal: used *,-M|>etiiiliy with a cmiparative force. 
'Tis a wf/rld to see, 
How tame, when men and women are alone, 
A meacoclc wretch can make the curstest shrew. 
Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 313. 
In the mills the boys are dressed in trousers a world too 
big, father's or grandfather's lopped off at the knees and 
all in Utters. The Century, XLI. 490. 
6979 
Axis of the world. See ax^i.— Ectypal world. See 
ccfypo/.— External world. See external.— For all the 
world, from every point of view ; exactly; precisely; en- 
tirely. 
For at the world swiche a wolf as we here seigen, 
It senieth rijt that selue bi semblant & bi hewe. 
WUliam of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3501. 
He was, /or all the world, like a forked radish. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2. 334. 
Man of the world. See man.— Noetic world. See 
noetic.— Prince of this world. See irrbice. — Th.^ New 
World. See new. — The Old World, the eastern hemi- 
sphere, comprising Europe, Asia, and Africa ; so called from 
being that in which civilization tirst arose.^The Other 
world- See o(ft^i.— The whole world, the sum of what 
the world contains; the representative or equivalent of all 
worldly possessions; as, to gain the whole irorld. — The 
world's end, tlie remotest part of the earth; the most 
distant regions.— To carry the world before one. See 
earn/.— To go to the Worldt^to get married. 
Thus yoe« every one to (Ae«'orW but I ; . . . I may sit in 
a corner and cry heigh-ho for a husband. 
Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. 331. 
Hence the expression wo^nan of the world (that is, a married 
woman), used by Audrey in "As you Like it." 
I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a ivoinan 
of the world. Shak., As you Like it, v. 3. :>. 
To make a noise in the world. See /wise.— Woman 
of the world. See woman. See also to go to the world, 
above.— World without end, to all eternity; eternally; 
unceasingly : also used attributively, meaning ' never-end- 
ing,' as in the quotation from Shakspere. 
Nor dare I chide the world -without-e ad hour. 
Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you. 
Shak., .Sonnets, Ivii. 
This man . . . thinks by talking world without end to 
make good his integrity. Milton. 
= 8yn. 5. Globe, etc. See earths. 
WOrldt (w^rld), V. t. [< workly u.] To introduce 
into the world; give birth to. 
Like Lightening, it can strike the Child in the womb, 
and kill it ere 'tis worlded, when the Mother shall remain 
unhurt. Feltham, Resolves, i. 59. 
worlded (werl'ded), (t. Containing worlds. 
[Rare.] 
The fires that arch this dusky dot- 
Yon myriad-MvrWed way. Tennyson, Epilogue. 
world-hardened (werld'har'''dud), <t. Hardened 
by the love of worldly things. 
WOrldhoodt (werld'hud), ». [< world + -hood.^ 
A worldly possession. [Rare.] 
Content yourselves witli what you have already, or else 
seek honest means whereby to increase your u-orldhoods. 
Henry VITI. of Eng., quoted in I. Disraeli's Amen, of 
[Lit., I. -Am. 
world-language (werld'lang^gwaj), H. A lan- 
guage nsed by or known to the civilized world. 
Jericzek was already well versed in the two classical and 
four great modern world-la ngiiagex. 
Atheineum, No. 3'i'>6, p. 'l^^Q. 
worldliness (w^rld'li-nes). H. [< ME. irerldli- 
ncssCf wcrdlinesffe; < worldltf + -tiess.'\ Tlie 
state or character of being worldly; worldly 
conduct. Jfr. Taylor. 
You may call your way of thinking jirudence. I call it 
sinful uxirldlineM. Thackeray, Pliilip, xviii. 
worldling (wcrld'ling). //. [< world + -ling^.] 
< hie who is worldly ; one devoted to the affairs 
and interests of this life. 
A foutre for the world and worldlingn base ! 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 3. 103. 
Worldlings, whose whimp'ring folly holds the losses 
Of honor, pleasure, health, antl wealth such crosses. 
Quarlef, Emblems, i., Epig. 0. 
worldly (wcrhrii), <f. [< ME. icorldly, worldlich, 
wurldUc, weft rchll ike, < AS. weoruldlie ; as world 
+ -Itf^ .J 1 , Of or pertaining to the world or the 
present state of existence ; temporal ; earthly. 
With all my worldly g«XHls I thee endow. 
Hook of Comvwn Prayer, Solemnization of Matrimony. 
Repose you here in rest. 
Secure from worldly chances and misliaps ! 
Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 15-2. 
2, Secular: oppose<l to monastic. 
May men fyndt^religioun 
In worldly habitacioun. 
Rom. of the Roue, I. 6226. 
3. Devoted to, interested in, or connected with 
this present life, and its cares, advantages, or 
pleasures, to the exclusion of those of a future 
life; desirous of temporal benefit or enjoy- 
ment merely; earthly, as opposed to Itearfnhf 
or spiritual; carnal; sordid; vile: as, worldhj 
lusts, cares, affections, pleasures ; worldly men. 
To live secure. 
Worldly or dissolute, MiWm, P. L., xi. 8i)3. 
Interest, pride, and worldly honour. Dnjden. (Johnaon. ) 
= 8yil. 1. Mnndaiie, terrestrial, sublunary.— 1 and 3. 
Worldly, Secidar. Temjxtrat, Earthly, Earthy, Unxpiritnal, 
Camni. Wfrrldly means of the world, in fact or in spirit, 
in distinction from that which is above the world ; as ap- 
f)lying to mind, it indif-ates a pleasure in the things that 
telong to the external life and a disregard of spiritual <tr 
even intellectual pleasures : it is opposed to ftpin'tval, ex- 
pressing positively what u 7 wpi"ri7)wt/ expresses negatively. 
worm 
Secular is opposed to sacred or to ecclesiastical: as, there 
are six secular days in the week ; the seadar arm. Secu- 
lar and temporal are rarely used in a bad sense. Temporal 
is opposed to spiritual or eternal : as, lords temporal ; merely 
temporal concerns. Earthly has, like worldly, the sense of 
mundane, but in the sense of unspirituality it suggests 
more of grossness or groveling, a thouglit which is carried 
still further by earthy, although earthy is not often used 
in that sense. Carnal suggests that which belongs to the 
gratification of the animal nature ; it ranges from the mere- 
ly unspiritnal to the sensual. See sensual and temporal. 
worldly (werld'li), adv. [< ME. ^worldliche, 
wordUcUe. werdliche, weoruldliche; < worldly, a.] 
In a worldly manner; witli relation to this life. 
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise 
By simply meek. Milton, P. L., xii. 568. 
worldly-minded (werld'li-min''''ded), a. Hav- 
ing a worldly mind; devoted to temporal plea- 
sures and concerns. 
worldly-mindedness (werld'li-min^ded-nes), 
}i. Tiie state or character of being worldly- 
minded. Bp. Sanderson. 
worldly-wise (werld'li-wiz), a. Wise with ref- 
erence to the affairs of this world. 
You then beheld things not as a worldly-wi^ man, but 
as a man of God. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853X H- 87. 
world-old (werld'old), a. As old as the world; 
verv old; reaching back through the ages. 
world-richet, n. [ME., < world + riche.] The 
kingdom of this world; the earth. 
For, as of trouthe, is ther noon her liche 
(►f al the women in this worlde-riche. 
Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite, \. 77. 
world-wearied (werUrwer^id), a. Tired of the 
world. 
world-wide (werld'wid). a. As wide as the 
world; extending over or pervading all the 
world ; widely spread : as, world-wide fame ; 
specifically, in zodijeog,^ cosmopolitan: noting 
such habitat, or the fact of such distribution, 
but not the species or indiWduais themselves 
which inhabit all parts of the world. 
worm (werm), n. [< ME. worm, wurm, wirm, 
wcrniy < AS. wi/rm, a worm, snake, dragon, = 
OS. wurm = D. LG. worm = OHG. MHG. G. 
Witrm, worm, insect, snake, dragon, = Icel. ormr 
(tor * rormr) = Sv!.Dsin. orm^ (for '^rorm) =:Goth. 
wauntts, a worm, = L. vermis; of. Gr. pofiog, pu- 
uo^ C^F/jo/ioc). a wood-worm; cf. Lith. kirmis, 
worm, = OBulg. ehriivi = Kuss. chervu, worm, 
= Olr. cruim, a worm (cf. Ir. cruimh, a maggot, 
W. pryf, worm), = Skt. krimi, wonn (whence 
ult. E. erimsou, carmiue, q.y.). From the L. ver- 
mis uToult. Fj. vermin, vermicule, vermeil, t}te.'\ 1. 
In popular language, any small creeping crea- 
ture whose body consists of a number of movable 
joints or rings, and whose limbs are very short 
or entirely wanting; any vermiform animal. 
\owe pike oute mougthea, attercoppes. wonnys, 
And butterfiie whoos thoste engendryng worme is. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 138. 
(rt) Any annelid, as the earthworm, lobworm or lugworm, 
leech, etc. See the distinctive names. 
Worm.t have played a more important part in the history 
of the world than most persons would at first suppose. 
In almost all humid countries they are extraordinarily 
numerous, and for their size possess great nmscular power. 
Darwin, Vegetable Mould, p. 305. 
(&) Any helminth, whether parasitic or not, as a flat- 
worm, brain-worm, fluke-worm, roundworm, tapeworm, 
pinworm. hairworm, threadworm, .spoonworm, longworm, 
whirl-worm, guinea-wonn, etc. See such words, and vine- 
gar-eel. (r) One of several long slender vermiform echino- 
derms, as some holotlnirians and related forms. See Vet- 
miformia, aiul cuts under Synapta and trepang. (rf) Some 
small or slender acarine or mite, or its larva, as the worm 
found in sebaceous follicles. See comedo and Demodex. 
(c) A myriapod ; acentipedor milleped; agally-worm. (/) 
The larva, grub, maggot, or caterpillar of many true hexa- 
|K>d insects : as, bag-worm ; ho]\-worm ; book-7corm ; wire- 
worm; sod-icorj/i; snake- ?('or?» ; ]o\\\t-wonn; silkwon/ix. 
See the compounded and otherwise qualified names. 
The larva) of the bee-moth are frequently hut improp- 
erly so called. Indeed when worms are spoken of by the 
ordinary beekeeper, the larvae of the bee-moth are almost 
always meant. Phin, Diet. Apiculture, p. 78. 
(g) The adult of some true insects whose body is long and 
flexible, as a glow-worm. (A) One of several long slender 
crustaceans with .short legs or none, which attach to or 
burrow in other animals, bore into wood, etc., as some 
kinds of ftsh-lice, certaiii isopods (as the gribble), certain 
amphipods (as the wood-shrimp), etc. (i) One of some ver- 
miform mollusks, as a teredo or ehipworm, or a worm- 
shell. See cuts under shipworvi an<l Vermetus. (J) A 
small lizard with rudimentary legs, or none, as a Inind- 
worm or slow-worm, (ki) A serpent; a snake; a dragon. 
For a modern instance in comiH>sition, see worm-snake, 1. 
He [Satan] . . . 
Wente in to a ivirme, and tolde ene a tale. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 321. 
lliist tbini the pretty worm of Nilus there, 
Tliat kills and pains not? 
Shak., A. and C. v. 2. '243. 
Here will be subject for my snakes and me. 
fling to my neck and wrists, my loving worms. 
B. Junson, Poetaster, Ind. 
