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Wizen-faced :: Wizen-faced (a.) Having a shriveled, thin, withered face..

Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever..

Shriveling :: Shriveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrive.

Shriveled :: Shriveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrive.

Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. i.) To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up..

Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.

Shrieve :: Shrieve (v. t.) To shrive; to question.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..

Corky :: Corky (a.) Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up..

Pungled :: Pungled (a.) Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium)..

Rivel :: Rivel (v. t.) To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers..

Shrivelled :: Shrivelled () of Shrive.

Shrove :: Shrove () imp. of Shrive.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

Fagot :: Fagot (n.) An old shriveled woman.

Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..

Shrived :: Shrived () of Shriv.

Weazeny :: Weazeny (a.) Somewhat weazen; shriveled.

Wizened :: Wizened (a.) Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man..

Scorch :: Scorch (v. t.) To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen..

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