2. Worn-out; old; worthless. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

— Worm"-eat`en*ness, n. [R.] Dr. John Smith.

Wormed (?), a. Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as,

wormed timber.

Worm"hole` (?), n. A burrow made by a worm.

Wor"mi*an (?), a. (Anat.) Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a

Danish anatomist.

Wormian bones, small irregular plates of bone often interposed in the

sutures between the large cranial bones.

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