wormedadj.

Brit.

/wəːmd/, U.S.

/wərmd/

Etymology: < worm v., worm n. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Eaten into or bored by worms; infested with worms.

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worm-eaten

wormetec1000

worm-fret1430

wormyc1430

worm-eatena1475

worm-eat1597

vermiculated1623

wormed1846

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 371 Wormed, the state of timber or plank when a number of internal cavities are made in it by a particular kind of worm, called the Teredo navalis, that abounds chiefly in tropical climates.

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 96 Old bushes may generally be seen growing, all knaggy and wormed, about decaying onsteads.

1860 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 976/1 There is great reason to believe that some inflammatory action of the liver, of the eye, and of other wormed viscus, precedes the evolution of parasites in them.

1883 R. Bridges Prometheus 5 Then in the ruined dwellings & old tombs He dug, unbedding from the wormèd ooze Vessels and tools of trade and husbandry.

1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields iii Wormed hard-wood piles were driv'n in the river bank.

2. Formed with a screw-thread. Also in parasynthetic combinations = furnished with a (specified) number of screw-threads.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > screw > threaded

wormed1683

screw-cut1794

threaded1844

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 62 A Three-Worm'd Spindle comes faster and lower down than a four-Worm'd Spindle.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Aug. 11/1 Two perpendicular bars of iron are firmly fixed at B B, the upper portion of each of them deeply wormed for a screw. When the silo is full, planks are laid lengthwise over its whole surface, through which the wormed ends of the iron bars protrude.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wormed
释义	wormedadj. Brit. /wəːmd/, U.S. /wərmd/ Etymology: < worm v., worm n. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Eaten into or bored by worms; infested with worms. ΘΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worm-eaten wormetec1000 worm-fret1430 wormyc1430 worm-eatena1475 worm-eat1597 vermiculated1623 wormed1846 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 371 Wormed, the state of timber or plank when a number of internal cavities are made in it by a particular kind of worm, called the Teredo navalis, that abounds chiefly in tropical climates. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 96 Old bushes may generally be seen growing, all knaggy and wormed, about decaying onsteads. 1860 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 976/1 There is great reason to believe that some inflammatory action of the liver, of the eye, and of other wormed viscus, precedes the evolution of parasites in them. 1883 R. Bridges Prometheus 5 Then in the ruined dwellings & old tombs He dug, unbedding from the wormèd ooze Vessels and tools of trade and husbandry. 1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields iii Wormed hard-wood piles were driv'n in the river bank. 2. Formed with a screw-thread. Also in parasynthetic combinations = furnished with a (specified) number of screw-threads. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > screw > threaded wormed1683 screw-cut1794 threaded1844 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 62 A Three-Worm'd Spindle comes faster and lower down than a four-Worm'd Spindle. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Aug. 11/1 Two perpendicular bars of iron are firmly fixed at B B, the upper portion of each of them deeply wormed for a screw. When the silo is full, planks are laid lengthwise over its whole surface, through which the wormed ends of the iron bars protrude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1683
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