"time-eaten" meaning in All languages combined

See time-eaten on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} time-eaten (not comparable)
  1. (figurative, literary, dated, obsolete) Of an object, aged by the passage of time; ancient; dilapidated. Tags: dated, figuratively, literary, not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-time-eaten-en-adj-xFTa49jY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1910, James Augustus Henry Murray (editor), A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles - Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society · Volume 8, Part 2, page 653:",
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