Word Meanings - WANZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To wane; to wither.

WITHER-WRUNG
Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
WITHERED
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. -- With"ered*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
WITHERS
The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse. Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. Shak. (more info) strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance, AS. withre, fr.
WITHERNAM
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
WITHER
Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather- 1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up. Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither Ezek.
WITHERBAND
A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.
WITHERING
Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. -- With"er*ing*ly, adv.
WITHERLING
A withered person; one who is decrepit. Chapman.
WITHERITE
Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.