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

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

Wizen :: Wizen (v. i.) To wither; to dry.

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..

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

Welter :: Welter (v. i.) To wither; to wilt.

Withers :: Withers (prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse..

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

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

Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture..

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

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

Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.

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

Perish :: Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away..

Winder :: Winder (v. i.) To wither; to fail.

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

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

Resuscitate :: Resuscitate (v. t.) To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants..

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..

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