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Wizen :: Wizen (a.) Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.

Welk :: Welk (v. t.) To cause to wither; to wilt.

Weazen :: Weazen (a.) Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face..

Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to fade, and become dry..

Benty :: Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields..

Cling :: Cling (v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.

Blight :: Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc..

Witherband :: Witherband (n.) A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow..

Wither-wrung :: Wither-wrung (a.) Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse..

Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade..

Sapless :: Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.

Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..

Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.

Frost-bitten :: Frost-bitten (p. a.) Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing..

Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..

Witherling :: Witherling (n.) A withered person; one who is decrepit.

Virent :: Virent (a.) Green; not withered.

Chip :: Chip (n.) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously..

Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..

Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..

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