Defn: Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
— With"ered*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
WITHERING
With"er*ing, a.
Defn: Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.
— With"er*ing*ly, adv.
WITHERITE
With"er*ite, n. Etym: [So called after Dr. W. Withering.] (Min.)
Defn: Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.
WITHERLING
With"er*ling, n. Etym: [Wither + -ling.]
Defn: A withered person; one who is decrepit. [Obs.] Chapman.
WITHERNAM With"er*nam, n. Etym: [AS. withernam; wither against + nam a seizure, fr. niman to take.] (Law)
Defn: 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. Blackstone.
WITHE-ROD
Withe"-rod`, n. (Bot.)