worshipfulness

[Eng. worshipful; -ne .] The quality or state of being worshipful. *wõr'-ship-le , a . [Eng. worship ; -le .] Destitute of worshipers. "How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod! How long thy temple worshiple , O God!" Byron: On Jordan's Banks. wõr-ship-per, s. [WORSHIPER.] wõrst, *werst ( adv ), *werste, *worste, ( a . ) , a . , adv . & s. [A. S. wyrst (adv.); wyrsta (a.), a contract. of wyrsesta, wyrresta ; cogn. with O. Sax. wirsista (a.); Icel. verst (adv.); verstr (a.); Dan. værst ; Sw. värst ; O. H. Ger, wrisist , wrisest, wrist. Worst is thus for worsest .] [WORSE.] A. As adjective : 1. Bad in the highest degree, morally or physically. "Thou hadst not been born the worst of men." Shakesp.: Timon , iv. 3. 2. Of the least value or worth; most inferior. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1031.jpg:[graphic][graphic][graphic][graphic][graphic][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-1032.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][graphic][subsumed][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] IMG:content-1033.png:[blocks in formation] (2) To do one's worst: To do the greatest harm or injury in one's power. *(3) To put to the worst: To inflict defeat on; to discomfit, to worst. wõrst, v . t . & i . [A. S. wyrsian, with excrescent t , as, in amongst, whilst, .] A. Trans.: To get the advantage or the better of in contest; to defeat, to discomfit, to overthrow. "A conflict in which they are pretty sure to be worsted." -London Daily Chronicle . B. In trans.: To grow or become worse; to deteriorate. "Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neigh. borhood worsting ." - Mi Austen: Persuasion, ch. i. worst-ed (r silent), *worst-ede, *wor-stid, *wos-ted, subst . & a . [Named after the town of Worsted, now Worstead , north of Norwich, in Norfolk, where it was first manufactured.] A. As subst.: A variety of woolen yarn, or thread, spun from long staple wool, which has been combed, and which, in the spinning, is twisted harder than ordinary. It is knitted or woven into stockings, carpets, . "Woollen yarn and worsted are prohibited to be exported."-Smith: Wealth of Nations , bk. iv., ch. viii. B. As adjective : Consisting of worsted; made of worsted yarn; as, worsted stockings, worsted work.