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auction was of great worth to him, as he was studying that language. excellence, usefulness; as, he is a man of worth.

Worth' less, (wurth less,) a. having no worth.

Wor' thy, (wur thy,) a. deserving, having worth or excellence.

The centurion said to Christ, "I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof."

The book is worthy of a place in the library of every young man.

deserving of ill.

His father told him that he was worthy of the punishment which he had received. anger or dis

Wràth, n. very violent pleasure.

"Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."

Wreak, v. a. to execute a revengeful and evil design.

The Romans wreaked their vengeance on Jugurtha, a Numidian prince, by casting him into prison at Rome, to die with hunger. This happened 106 years before Christ. Writhe, v. a. and n. to twist the face or limbs, or to have them twisted, out of shape, as by pain.

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His zeal for collecting birds of all kinds, to make a history of them, was so strong that he travelled over many countries, and underwent great hardships, in prosecuting this object.

Before his conversion Paul was so zealous in persecuting Christians, that he pursued them even to foreign cities..

Zē ro, n. the point at which the degrees of a thermometer begin to be counted, both. upwards and downwards.

In Fahrenheit's thermometer, zero, or the cipher 0, is 32 degrees below the point at which water freezes.

Zěst, n. an agreeable taste added to something.

He was feverish, and thought the tamarinds gave quite a zest to the water. that which heightens enjoyment.

His lively and instructive conversation gave a zest to the other pleasures of the evening.

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