Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worsting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Worst \Worst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Worsting}.] [See {Worse}, v. t. & a.]
To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the
better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated
ark. --South.
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