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Apple-john :: Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.

Blasted :: Blasted (a.) Blighted; withered.

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

Witherite :: Witherite (n.) Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses..

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

Withering :: Withering (a.) Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.

Withering :: Withering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withe.

Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies..

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..

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

Bromlife :: Bromlife (n.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite..

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..

Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade..

Mummified :: Mummified (a.) Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.

Blight :: Blight (n.) Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences..

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

Sere :: Sere (a.) Dry; withered. Same as Sear.

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

Tabescent :: Tabescent (a.) Withering, or wasting away..

Welk :: Welk (v. i.) To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane..

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