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Withering, or wasting away.

A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing. He may fright others with his ululation. Wither.

Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.

Green; not withered. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

To wane; to wither. [Obs.]

Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A wearish hand." Ford. A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by nature. Burton.

Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face. They were weazen and shriveled. Dickens.

To welk, or wither. [Obs.]

To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane. [Obs.] When ruddy Phwelk in west. Spenser. The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying. Milton.

To wither; to wilt. [R.] Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor.

alor grown wild by pride." Prior. "A wild, speculative project." Swift. What are these So withered and so wild in their attire Shak. With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes Wild work in heaven. Milton. The wild winds howl. Addison. Search then the ruling passion, there, alone The wild are constant, and the…

To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

To wither; to fail. [Obs.] Holland.

To transport by flight; to cause to fly. I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. Shak.

To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.