Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wormed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Worm \Worm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wormed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Worming}.]
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
When debates and fretting jealousy Did worm and work
within you more and more, Your color faded. --Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wormed \Wormed\, a.
Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed
timber.
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