Worm"-eat`en (?), a.
1.
Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut.
Shak.
2.
Worn-out; old; worthless.
[R.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
-- Worm"-eat`en*ness, n. [R.]
Dr. John Smith.
© Webster 1913.