weevilyadj.
/ˈwiːvᵻli/, U.S. /ˈwivᵻli/ Infested with weevils.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with weevils or maggots
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1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 21 Rotten, musty, weavely Flour.
1803 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 280 I sincerely hope no weevily bread will be sent.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 365 Men who are sometimes brought to live when on shipboard upon weevily biscuit that breaks the teeth.
1889 R. C. Praed Romance of Station 45 I threw out [to the hens] a handful of weevily rice.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 6 Some old salt who has forgotten the tough salt horse and weevilly biscuit.
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