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Webster 1913 Edition


Unwormed

Un-wormed′

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Adj.
Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; – said of a dog.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unwormed

UNWORMED

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Adj.
Not wormed. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


unwormed

unwormed

English

Adjective

unwormed (not comparable)

  1. (of an animal) Not wormed; not treated for worms.
    • 1810, Delabere Pritchett Blaine, A domestic treatise on the diseases of horses and dogs
      The mouth, in some cases of madness, may become so swelled, that the dog cannot close his jaws ; but this may happen in a wormed or unwormed dog equally.
  2. (of wood, etc.) Not spoiled by worms.
    • 1906, Oliver Elton, Frederick York Powell, Frederick York Powell: A Life and Selection from His Letters
      Its wooden substructure is solid, its timber unwormed, its royal blue cloth lining unfretted by the worm.