a. Worn or wearied by travel.
1777. Potter, Æschylus, Choeph., 350. I, like a stranger, harnessd in this coarse And way-worn garb.
1788. Crowe, Lewesdon Hill, 134.
By soft gradations of ascent to lead | |
The labouring and way-worn feet along. |
1824. Miss L. M. Hawkins, Annaline, II. 24. [He had a] wayworn look and meagre aspect.
1836. W. Irving, Astoria, II. 141. The wayworn and hungry travellers.
1866. Le Fanu, All in Dark, xxi. The horses emerged from the inn-yard gate to replace the wayworn team.
fig. 1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, liii. That night she prayed humbly for that poor wayworn sinner.