Category:Worm-eaten

Worm"-eat`en, a.

1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten Timber. Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut. Shak.

2. Worn-out; old; worthless. [r.] Sir w. Raleigh. -- worm"-eat`en*ness, n. [r.] Dr. John smith.