Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shrink up; wither.
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- verb intransitive, archaic To
shrink up ;dry up ;wither .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forshrinken, from Old English forscrincan ("to shrink up, dry up, wither away"), equivalent to for- + shrink.
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