Wormseed-oil
chenopodium oil.
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- Worn-to-a-frazzle
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to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret. to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill. to torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague. to seize, especially by the throat, with the teeth and shake or mangle, as one animal does another. to har-ss by repeated biting, snapping, etc. a worried condition […]
- Worried-sick
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- Worried-well
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