World"ly, adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek.
Milton.
World"ly-mind`ed (?), a. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the
affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future;
loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and
attention to spiritual concerns. — World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
World"ly-wise` (?), a. Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan.
World"-wide` (?), a. Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide
fame. Tennyson.
Worm (wûrm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS. & G.
wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. waúrms, L. vermis, Gr. &?; a
wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli, Vermilion, Vermin.]
1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent,
caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men
of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must
needs be a murderer.
Tyndale (Acts xxviii. 3, 4).
'T is slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
Shak.
When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, His mouth he opened and
displayed his tusks.
Longfellow.
2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet,
or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an
earthworm; the blindworm. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) Any helminth; an
entozoön. (b) Any annelid. (c) An insect larva. (d) pl. Same as Vermes.
3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind
with remorse.
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
Shak.