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

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

Blast :: Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom..

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..

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..

Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.

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

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

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

Wallow :: Wallow (n.) To wither; to fade.

Wanze :: Wanze (v. i.) To wane; to wither.

Wilt :: Wilt (v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant..

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..

Wither :: Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

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

Wizened :: Wizened (a.) Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man..

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

Wilt :: Wilt (v. i.) 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..

Wearish :: Wearish (a.) Weak; withered; shrunk.

Withered :: Withered (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.

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