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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Wither

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Wither

WITHER, verb intransitive

1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.

It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17:9.

2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12:10.

3. To lose or want animal moisture.

Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.

WITHER, verb transitive

1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1:11.

2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.

Age cannot wither her.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Wither-band

WITHER-BAND, noun [withers and band.] A piece of iron laid under a saddle near a horses withers, to strengthen the bow.


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Withered

WITHERED, participle passive Faded; dried; shrunk.


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Witheredness

WITHEREDNESS, noun The state of being withered.


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Withering

WITHERING, participle present tense Fading; becoming dry.


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Witherite

WITHERITE, noun In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow.


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Withernam

WITHERNAM, noun In withernam in law, a second or reciprocal distress, in lieu of a first distress which has been eloigned; reprisal.


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Withers

WITHERS, noun [This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.] The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck.


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Wither-wrung

WITHER-WRUNG, adjective Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.


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