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–noun

1.	firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc. Compare woolen.

2.	wool cloth woven from such yarns, having a hard, smooth surface and no nap.

–adjective

3.	consisting or made of worsted.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME worsted(e), special use of Worstede Worstead (OE Wurthestede), name of parish in Norfolk, England, where the cloth was made

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worst Audio Help (wûrst) Pronunciation Key
adj. Superlative of bad¹, ill.

Most inferior, as in quality, condition, or effect.
Most severe or unfavorable.
Being furthest from an ideal or a standard; least desirable or satisfactory.

adv.   Superlative of badly, ill.
In the worst manner or degree.

tr.v.   worst·ed, worst·ing, worsts
To gain the advantage over; defeat.

n.   Something that is worst.

[Middle English, from Old English wyrsta; see wers- in Indo-European roots.]

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wor·sted Audio Help (wŏŏs'tĭd, wûr'stĭd) Pronunciation Key
n.

Firm-textured, compactly twisted woolen yarn made from long-staple fibers.
Fabric made from such yarn.

[Middle English, variant of worthstede, after Worthstede (Worstead), a village of eastern England.]

wor'sted adj.

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worsted

woolen fabric made from twisted yarn, 1296, from Worstead (O.E. Wurðestede), town in Norfolk where the cloth originally was made.

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worsted
noun
1.	a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns "he wore a worsted suit"
2.	a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool

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Worsted

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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