unwormed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ wormed

Adjective[edit]

unwormed (not comparable)

  1. (of an animal) Not wormed; not treated for worms.
    • 1810, Delabere Pritchett Blaine, A domestic treatise on the diseases of horses and dogs:
      The mouth, in some cases of madness, may become so swelled, that the dog cannot close his jaws ; but this may happen in a wormed or unwormed dog equally.
  2. (of a dog) Not having had the lytta removed.
  3. (of wood, etc.) Not spoiled by worms.
    • 1906, Oliver Elton, Frederick York Powell, Frederick York Powell: A Life and Selection from His Letters:
      Its wooden substructure is solid, its timber unwormed, its royal blue cloth lining unfretted by the worm.