4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  The  .  .  .  Philistines  were  worsted  by  the  captivated 
  ark.  --South. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Worsted  \Worst"ed\  (?;  277),  n.  [From  Worsted,  now  spelled 
  Worstead,  a  town  in  Norfolk,  England;  for  Worthstead  See 
  {Worth},  n.,  and  {Stead}.] 
  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 
 
  2.  Fine  and  soft  woolen  yarn,  untwisted  or  lightly  twisted, 
  used  in  knitting  and  embroidery. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zephyr  \Zeph"yr\,  n.  [L.  zephyrus,  Gr  ?,  akin  to  ?  darkness, 
  the  dark  side  west:  cf  F.  z['e]phyr.] 
  The  west  wind;  poetically,  any  soft,  gentle  breeze.  ``Soft 
  the  zephyr  blows.''  --Gray. 
 
  As  gentle  As  zephyrs  blowing  below  the  violet.  --Shak. 
 
  {Zephyr  cloth},  a  thin  kind  of  cassimere  made  in  Belgium; 
  also  a  waterproof  fabric  of  wool. 
 
  {Zephyr  shawl},  a  kind  of  thin,  light,  embroidered  shawl  made 
  of  worsted  and  cotton. 
 
  {Zephyr  yarn},  or  {worsted},  a  fine,  soft  kind  of  yarn  or 
  worsted,  --  used  for  knitting  and  embroidery. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  worsted 
  n  1:  a  woolen  fabric  with  a  hard  close-textured  surface  and  no 
  nap,  woven  of  worsted  yarns 
  2:  a  tightly  twisted  woolen  yarn 

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