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Wayworn

Wayworn \Way"worn`\, a. Wearied by traveling.

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wayworn

a. weary from travelling.

Usage examples of "wayworn".

Now, indeed, is the crown of lilies set upon the life-work of wayworn, sad-browed Palamone!

And wayworn followers of the Indian sage Have found the peace of God beneath a spreading tree.

On the death of an acquaintance, more his friend than he imagined, the wayworn man of letters learnt with astonishment that there was bequeathed to him a life annuity of three hundred pounds.

Wandsmen of all ranks tried to defend the halls against these wild, bloody, wayworn men and their terrible hounds.

After resting for a fortnight in the northern parts of Zululand, to give time to our wayworn oxen to get some flesh on their bones in the warm bushveld where grass was plentiful even in the dry season, we trekked forward by a route known to Hans and myself.

Silent he abided until the three wayworn, mud-splashed newcomers reached his high seat.

Even within living memory the English tourist has often met in the lonely dells and among the mountain passes of Wales the wayworn minstrel, with harp strung to his shoulders, ever ready to delight the traveller with the bewitching notes of his lyre and song.

They are the consoling privilege of the aspiring, the wayworn, the weary, and the bereaved.