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97 words match “WITHE”

To welk, or wither. [Obs.]

WELK v. 2 definitions

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.

A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch. [Scot.]

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…

WILT v. 2 definitions

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.

kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). He bare a burden ybound with a broad list, In a withewyndes wise ybounden about. Piers Plowman.

WITHY n. 2 definitions

A withe. See Withe, 1.

WIZEN v. 2 definitions

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

Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

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

nvolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. Dryden.

Same as Withe, n., 4.