Worsted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated
           ark.                                     --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worsted \Worst"ed\ (?; 277), n. [From Worsted, now spelled
     Worstead, a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead. See
     {Worth}, n., and {Stead}.]
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     1. Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been
        combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets,
        cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
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     2. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted,
        used in knitting and embroidery.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  worsted
       n 1: a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap;
            woven of worsted yarns
       2: a tightly twisted woolen yarn

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "worsted":
     all up with, beat, beaten, bested, confounded, defeated,
     discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored,
     hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone,
     overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered,
     overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked,
     put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned,
     skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset,
     whelmed, whipped