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adj. - (of rocks especially) rubbed smooth by the action of liquid.

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  • An ungainly figure came skittering through the shallows around the waterworn rocks.
  • The rounded, waterworn stones made the surface treacherous and slippery and difficult to negotiate.
  • Other portions of woods had their ends waterworn, and were full of long cracks, such as appear in wood long exposed to the sun.
  • Its waterworn pebbles and small bowlders were subsequently covered by lake deposit, during the time between the inclosure and break out at San Carlos.
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