Wor"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Worried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS.
wyrgan in āwyrgan; akin to D. worgen,
wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. würgen,
Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack
repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood.
Shak.
2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with
care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to
trouble; to plague. "A church worried with reformation."
South.
Let them rail,
And worry one another at their pleasure.
Rowe.
Worry him out till he gives consent.
Swift.
3. To harass with labor; to fatigue.
[Colloq.]
Wor"ry (?), v. i. To feel or express
undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to
chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Wor"ry, n.; pl.
Worries (&?;). A state of undue solicitude; a state
of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in
a worry. "The whir and worry of spindle and of loom."
Sir T. Browne.
Wor"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Worried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS.
wyrgan in āwyrgan; akin to D. worgen,
wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. würgen,
Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack
repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood.
Shak.
2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with
care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to
trouble; to plague. "A church worried with reformation."
South.
Let them rail,
And worry one another at their pleasure.
Rowe.
Worry him out till he gives consent.
Swift.
3. To harass with labor; to fatigue.
[Colloq.]
Wor"ry (?), v. i. To feel or express
undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to
chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Wor"ry, n.; pl.
Worries (&?;). A state of undue solicitude; a state
of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in
a worry. "The whir and worry of spindle and of loom."
Sir T. Browne.
