wormpipe 
wormpipe (werm'pip), «. Tlie worm of a still. 
The gas then iu its passage through the worm-pipe of 
the condenser (which is always suiTounded with cold 
water) is condensed. Ure, Diet, IV. 727. 
wonn-powder (werm'pou'der), It. A powder 
used for expelling worms from the intestinal 
canal or other open cavities of the body. 
worm-punch (werm'punch), «. A small, rather 
slender punch, used by coopers for clearing 
out worm-holes in staves or heads of casks, 
for the purpose of stopping the holes with 
wooden plugs to prevent leaking. 
worm-rack (werm'rak), «. A rack gearing 
with a worm-wheel. The teeth are set ob- 
liquely, corresponding in obliquity with the 
pitch of the worm. See cut under r<ick^, 6. 
worm-safe (wtrm'saf), ». A locked chamber 
containing a hydrometer, and attached to the 
wonn of a still in such manner that a fractional 
part of the liquor distilled trickles into it from 
the worm. The mean speeiflc gravity of the 
liquor is indicated by the hydrometer. 
wormseed (werm'sed), «. 1 . Same as santonica. 
See santonica and santonin. 
Worme-Kede [cometh] from Persia. 
Uakluyt'D Voyages, II. i. 278. 
2. The fruit of the American herb Chenopodi- 
um amhrosioides, especially \a.r. anthelminticum, 
which is often reckoned a distinct species ; also, 
the plant itself. The seed is an otticinal as well as a 
popular vermifuge. It yields womiseed-oil (which see), 
and is also given in the fomi of a powder. Distinguished 
as American wormseed; also called Mexican tea. 
3. The treacle-mustard. Erysimum chiiranthni- 
des, or primarily its seed, which was formerly 
a popular vermifuge in England. Also treack- 
wormsied American wormseed. See def . 2. — Bar- 
bary wormseed, the heads of species of A rtemisifi gn>w- 
ing ni Syria and Antbia, used like santonica. — Levant 
wormseed. See «aH/oni'cfl.— Oil of wormseed. s<-e//ii 
and If ftrz/wf^/'^ri/. — Spanish WOnnseed, a clienopodiu- 
ceous plant, Satsota {Halotjeton, Caroxijlon) tamarijtci/olia, 
or particularly its seed, wliicli is used as an anthelmintic. 
— Treacle-wormseed. See der. 3. 
wormseed-mustard (werm'sed-mus'tiird), «. 
See muKliird. 
WOrmseed-Oil (werm'sed-oil), «. A volatile oil 
obtained from wormseed. It is probably with- 
out active medicinal properties. 
worm-shaft (w^rm' shaft), H. The screw- 
threaded shaft which engages the teeth of a 
worm-gear or worm-wheel. 
worm-shaped (werm'shapt), a. Having the 
form of a worm ; vermiform ; vermicular. 
worm-shell (werm'shel), ». A mollusk of the 
family I'ermetidas, or its shell : so called from 
the long twistecl or vermiform shape of the 
shell. See cut under Vcrmctus. 
worms'-meat ( wermz'met), «. Food for wonus ; 
dead flesh. [Kare.] 
I am dead 
Already, girl ; and so is she and he ; 
We are all wormg'-iMat now. 
Beau, and Ft., Laws of Candy, v. 1. 
worm-snake (w^rm'snak), ». 1. A blindwonn; 
a worm-like angiostomatous or scolecophidian 
snake of the suborder Typhlopoidea ; a ground- 
snake, as Carpliophis (or Celnta) amaenu. — 2. 
Same as siuikficorm. 
worm-tea (werm'te), «. A decoction of some 
plant, generally a bitter plant, used as an 
anthelmintic. 
worm-track (w^nn'trak), n. Same as worm- 
cast, 2. 
WOrmul (wor'mul), n. Same as irarlilfS. 
worm-wheel (werm'hwel), «. A wheel which 
gears with an endless or tangent screw or worm, 
receiving or imparting motion. By this means a 
powerful effect with a diminished rate of motion is com- 
municated from one revolving shaft to another. See 
tanfjent screw (under tanijenl\ endless screw (under endless, 
with cut); also cuts tuider tUiuUei/'s screw (at screw) and 
under gteam-enginc. 
wormwood (werm'wiid). «. [< ME. irormirod, 
an altered form, simulating worm -¥ uoofO, of 
the earlier irrrmodc, irtrmod, irormnd, < AS. 
wermiid = MI), wt-rmoed, icvrmoet, trermot, inr- 
mOde, tcermede, trarmot, warmode, etc., = OIKi. 
werimiiota, wirunuite. wermuota, worinnotii, 
MHO. wermuot, ivirmiiele. (J. wcrmnlh (> F. 
rCT-mot(<). wormwood; formation uncertain: ap- 
par. lit. 'keep-mind,' preserver of the mind, 
from a supposed belief in its medicinal virtues 
(so hellebore was called in AS. vijddxnjc, pre- 
servative against madness). < AS. inrian (= D. 
iccren, tee^ren = MH(i. n-ercn, 'i. wihrcn, etc.), 
defend, protect, keep, + mod. mood, mind: see 
wear^ and tnood^.] A somewhat woody peren- 
nial herb, Artimisiii Alisinthium, native in Eu- 
rope and Asiatic Russia, found in old gardens 
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and by roadsides in North America. This plant 
is proverbial for its bitterness, and was in medicinal use 
among the ancients. It is of a highly tonic property, and 
is still used in Europe for weak digestion ; it was formerly 
employed for intermittents and 8t)me other ti-oubles, and 
was once regarded as a vermifuge. It is very largely con- 
sumed, witii a few other species, in preparing the absinthe 
beverage of the French. (See absinthe and absinthium 
(with cut)). The name is extended to the genus, or par- 
ticularly to species closely related to this; various spe- 
cies have their own names, as southernwood, mugwort, tar- 
ragon, santonica, and sage-brush. 
The soure Almaunde, & wermode, * feyn grceke, 
Frote hem yfere asmoche as wol suffice. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 198. 
These for frenzy be 
A speedy and a sovereign remedy, 
The bitter icormwood, sage, and marigold. 
Fletcfter, Faithful Shepherdess, ii. 2. 
Figuratively — 2. Bitterness. 
Weed this wormwood from your fruitful brain. 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 857. 
Sir, with this truth 
You mix such wormwood that you leave no hope 
For my disorder'd palate e'er to relish 
A wholesome taste again. Ford, Perkin Warbeck, i. 2, 
His presence and his communications were gall and 
wormwood to his once partial mistress. 
Scott, Kenilworth, xi. 
Biennial wormwood, Artemisia biennis, a weed of the 
interior northern I'nited States, now spreading eastwai'd. 
It grows from 1 to :^ feet higlt,and has once- or twice-pinnat- 
ifld leaves, with immerous small greenish heads crowded 
in their axils. — Oil of wormwood, a volatile oil distilled 
fi-om the commcm wormwo<.)d, usually of a dark-green 
color, containing the property of the herb.— Roman 
wormwood, (a) Artemtsia Poniica, an Old World species, 
more aromatic and less bitter than the common worm- 
wood, preferred in Koman medicine, but now scarcely 
used. (6) By transference of the name, the common rag- 
weed, Aml/rosia artemisiieftilia, a bitter plant with foliage 
dissected somewhat like tliat of an arteniisia. — Salt of 
wormwood. See saltK— Sea wormwood, tlie Enroi)ean 
Artemisia vtaritima. — Silver wormwood, .Artemisia 
argentea, a silvei-y silky shrub of Madeira. — Tartarian 
wormwood. Same as santonica, 1.— Tree-wormwood, 
ArtemCfia arborescens, an erect tree-like species found on 
rocky -sliores and islands of the Mediterranean. — Wild 
wormwood of the West Indies. .See Parthenium. — 
Wormwood wine, wine which has received a bitter taste 
from having artemisia steeped in it Compare vermouth. 
wormwood-moth (werm'wiid-moth), «. A rare 
British noctuid, Cncidlia atisintliii. It is gray with 
black spots, and its larva feeds on wonnwood. It is found 
chietly in Devonshire and Cornwall. 
wormwood-pug (werm'wiid-pug), n. A British 
geoinctriii moth, Kiipitheria ubsinthiata, whose 
larva feeils upon wormwood. 
wormy (wer'mi), n. [< worm + -y^ .'\ 1. Con- 
taining a worm; full of worms; infested or 
affected with worms; lousy, as fish ; measly, as 
pork; worm-eaten, as timber, fruit, etc. 
Damned spirits all . . . 
Already to their wortnu lieds are gone. 
Shak. M. X. IX, iii. 2. 384. 
2. Worm-like; low; mean; debased; grovel- 
ing; earthy. 
Sordid and irormy affections. 
Bp. Reynolds, The Passions, xxxvii. (Latham.) 
3. Associated with earthworms, and hence with 
the earth or the grave ; gloomy or dismal as the 
grave. [Kare.] 
A weary wormy darkness. Mrs. Browning. 
worn (worn), ;). a. [Pp. of wcitr^, r.] 1. Im- 
paired or otherwise affected by wear or use. 
As she trmie along the fottt-wom passages, and opened 
one crazy dfx»r after another, and ascemled the creaking 
stair-case, she gazed wistfully and fearfully around- 
Ilawthorne, Seven Gables, xvi. 
2. Spent; passed. 
This is but a day, and 'tis well wtyrn too now. 
B. Jonson, Epicojne, iv. 2. 
3. Wearied; exhausted; showing signs of care, 
illness, fatigue, etc. 
Tliy w*trn form pursues me night and day. 
Smiling reproach. 
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, i. 1. 
The old worn world of hurry and heat. 
Lowell, Invitation. 
Lead the icorn war-horse by the plunnid bier — 
Even his horse, now he is deati, is dear. 
T. B. Aldrich, Lander. 
WOrnal, womil (wor'nal, -nil), «. Same as 
ironnal. See trarlili'^. 
worn-out (worn 'out), a. 1. So much injured 
by wear as to be unfit for use: as, a worn-oitl 
coat or hat. — 2. Wearied; exhausted, as with 
toil. 
The worn-out clerk 
Brow-beats his desk below. 
Tennyson, Sonnet to J. M. K. 
3. Past ; gone ; removed ; departed. 
This pattern of the worn-out age. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1360. 
Pehor also, and Kael-pehor, and the rest, whose Rites 
are now rotten, and the memorie wifme out. 
I'urcltas, Pilgrimage, p. 97. 
worry 
worowet, ''. A Middle English form of worry. 
worpet, worparet. Old spellings of warp, 
irurpcr. 
worret (wur'et), v. See worrit. 
worricow ( wur'i-kou), «. [Sc, also spelled wor- 
rycow and wirrycow ; < worry + cost', a goblin, 
scarecrow.] 1. A hobgoblin ; the devil. 
Worricows and gyre-carlins that haunted alwut the auld 
wa's at e'en. Scott, Antiquary, xxi. 
2. Any frightful object ; an ugl.v, awkward- 
looking person; a fright; a bugbear; a scare- 
crow. 
What a worricrow the man doth look ! 
Naylor, Reynard the Fox, 39. i,Davies.) 
[Scotch in both uses.] 
worrier (wur'i-er),«. [<.u-orry,v.,+-er^.~\ One 
who woiTies or harasses (himself or others); 
one who is given to worrying or who harasses 
with anxious forebodings. 
The ivorriers of souls. J. Spencer, Prodigies, p. 229. 
WOriiless (wur'i-les), a. [< worry + -less.'] Free 
from worry. 
The professor, leading a comparatively congenial and 
worriless life, is a deeper sleeper and a less frequent 
dreamer [than the teacher]. Science, XIII. S8. 
WOrriment (wur'i-ment), «. [< worry + -ment.l 
Trouble; anxiety; worry. [Colloq.] 
worrisome (wur'i-simi),«. [< worry + -some.'] 
Causing worry or annoyance ; troublesome. 
I must give orders . . . that you come in at once with 
that icorrisome cough of yours. 
Ii. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, xlv. 
wonit (wur'it), V. t. and /. [Also worret; a dial, 
form, with excrescent t, of worry, r.'] To worry. 
[Colloq. or slang.] 
I don't tell everything to your papa. I should only wor- 
rit him and vex him. Thackeray, Philip, xxiv. 
Wliy, father, how you keep on worriting ! 
Whyte Melville, VN'hite Rose, I. vii. 
worrit (wur'it), «. [< worrit, c] Worry; an- 
noyance; vexation. [Colloq. or slang.] 
"Mrs Richards's eldest. Miss I" said Susan, "and the 
worrit of Mrs. Richards's life I" 
IHckens, Dombey and Son, xxiii. 
worry (wur'i), c; pret. and pp. worried, ppr. 
worryiiifi. [< ME. *worryen, wirryvn, wyri/cn, 
wirien, woroiccn, woreircn, wirwcn, "wurgen, < 
AS. wyryan, found in comp. dwyrfjan, harm, = 
OFries. wcri/ia, wirfiiii = MD. worghcn, I). 
worijen, wnrf/eit = MLU. LG. worfjcn = OHG. 
wurijitn, MHG. G. wiirrjen, strangle, suffocate, 
ehoke ; cf. AS. wearh, weurij, wertf, a wolf, 
outlaw (wyrgen, f., she-wolf, in comp. grund- 
wyrgcn), = MHG. ware = Icel. vargr, wolf, out- 
law, accursed person ; cf. AS. wyrgan, wyrigan, 
wergian, wergean, > ME. waricn, curse : see «•«/•- 
ry, v., warriangle, etc.~\ I. trans. 1. To choke; 
suffocate. [Now only Scotch.] 
His owen kynde briddis. 
That weren anoyed in his nest and norished ffull ille, 
And well ny yivorewid with a wronge leder. 
Uiehard tlte Redeless, iii. 72. 
The reek will worrie me. 
Loudoun Castle (child's Ballads, VI. 2.')(!). 
2. To seize by the throat with the teeth ; Vjite 
at or tear with the teeth, as dogs when fight- 
ing ; kill or injure Ijadly by repeated biting, tear- 
ing, shaking, etc.: as, a dog that worries sheep; 
a terrier worries rats. 
Wolues that wyryeth men, wommen. and children. 
Piers Plowman (C), x. 226. 
A hell-hound that doth hunt us all to death ; 
That dog that hath his teeth before his eyes. 
To worry lambs, and lap their gentle blo4)d. 
Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. r.0. 
3. To tease ; trouble ; harass with importunity 
or with care and anxiety ; plague ; bother; vex; 
persecute. 
If departed of his own accord, like that lost sheep (Luke 
15. 4, tVc). the true church either with her own or any bor- 
rowd force worries him not in again, but nither in all 
charitable maimer sends after him. Mitttm, Civil Power. 
Let them rail, 
And worry one another at their pleasure. Howe. 
The ghastly dun shall worry his sleep- 
O. W. Uvlmes, Reflections of a Pi-oud Pedestrian. 
To worry dcwn, to swallow or put down by a strong ef- 
fort of the will. [CoIUmj.] 
She worried down the tea, and ate a slice of toast. 
F. E. Hale, Ten Times due, iv. 
To worry the sword, in fencing, to fret <>nc'8 opjionent 
by small movements in nipi<i succession which seem about 
to result in thrusts or feints, 'i'ht object is to disconcert 
him until his guard becomes open or weak, and a tlu-nst 
can be delivered with effect. = Syn. 3. Pester, Plague, etc. 
(see tease), disturb, disquiet. 
II, intruns. 1. Toclioke; be suffocated, iis by 
something stopping the windpipe. [Obsolete 
or Scotch.] 
