He wore a worsted suit. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Should the Turks be at all worsted, which is probable, of course we must increase our assistance. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861] Reference
These will be from Ann Budd’s Getting Started Knitting Socks, the 5-Stitches-Per-Inch socks in worsted-weight yarn. From Wordnik.com. [The Fiber Fulcrum – Shawls, Stoles, Scarves & Socks « Looking for Roots] Reference
The English-Latin dictionary also had a translation for woosted: woosted being the old form of "worsted", the spinning term. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
A kind of worsted gloves, used by the lower orders. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
Sicilian, who had never been "worsted," even by one of his own countrymen. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
51 A kind of worsted gloves, used by the lower orders. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
Use No. 16 steel needles, with Spanish knitting-yarn or worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
A party went in pursuit of the valuables, but had to return worsted!. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
There are two other stories in which the Devil gets worsted: they are. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Knit or crochet, worsted weight or angora: I'm in love with the craft. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
For the model were used one skein of electric-blue knitting-worsted and. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
This sweater requires five skeins of knitting-worsted, and four balls of. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
It is useless trying to argue the case, he would always come off worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
He rose before the sun, he bought eggs, worsted socks, and fir-balsam of the. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Rub the surface of the body with the hands inclosed in warm, dry worsted socks. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Finish off neatly, drawing the toe together and darning in with a worsted-needle. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
I have in my pocket some knitting needles and some worsted, which I will lend you. From Wordnik.com. [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference
Thebes and had been worsted in battle, the Thebans would not let them bury their dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
Thread into worsted-needle and proceed to weave the front and back together as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
Collar: Using No. 5 needles and the knitting-worsted, cast on 65 stitches; knit 28 ribs. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
There have been many examples of protection by cavalry of a force that has been worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
There are, however, in these deserts many lions and tigers, and you may some day be worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
After a review of the situation he walked back to where the smuggler whom he had worsted lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
He gave her some pennies and a worsted suit that the boy's mother had worn before she had died. From Wordnik.com. [Raisins] Reference
The English squadron was worsted, and had to put into Trincomalee Harbour, in Ceylon, to refit. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
All suited up (albeit in worsted, not pinstripes) the Gipper showed good form humming a two-seamer. From Wordnik.com. [Relief, Relief] Reference
Mr. Withers was married to a lovely young lady who once worked an entire piano cover with worsted. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The old woman's words had wrought a transformation in the homely mass of calico and silk and worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
Use Germantown worsted, white or any desired color, with a hook large enough to carry the yarn smoothly. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
There is enough of the bully in many judges to cause the public to secretly rejoice when they are worsted. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Use eiderdown or very heavy Germantown worsted, with a hook large enough to carry the wool without fraying. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
And if worsted, they would perish only a little before the rest, and if they conquered, they would free the others. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
I know you have plenty of odds and ends of worsted and other materials, and I can furnish you with a good deal more. From Wordnik.com. [A Missionary Twig] Reference
Mergy at last loses patience, and breaks a bottle over one of their heads; and a fight ensues, in which the bandits are worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
"Mother will be wanting that worsted, and if we are to play bridge tonight, I must help Nancy get the rooms in some kind of shape.". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
A quarrel had ensued, in which Edna, having been worsted, had retired from the field in tears, refusing to have anything further to do with. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
He was dressed in a brown cloth coat, a gray waistcoat, black breeches, and worsted stockings, and held an ivory-headed cane under his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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