wither'd

Woman, being at best but like a Forc'd-Plant, that never has its due or proper Relish, but is wither'd by the first Blast that Envy or Tribulation blows over her Endeavours.

A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

Nietzsche January: The Portent The bay'trees in our country are all wither'd And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven;

Lucifer's Hammer Niven, Larry 1977

But alas it would not last long, for the Leaves wither'd and dropt away; so that he was forc'd to get more, which he doubled and put together as well as he could, Plaiting the Leaves one upon another, which made it a little more durable, but not much.

The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots, and husks

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

"Let us sing, to the praise and glory o 'God, the hundred psalm," quoth a loud clear voice, though it be the voice o 'an auld man; and up to Heaven hands he his strang wither'd hauns, and in the gracious wunds o' heaven are flying abroad his gray hairs ', or say rather, white as the silver or the snaw.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829 Various

Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the wither'd leaves lie dead;

The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley

And that low crackling intermix'd, like wither'd twig that breaks,

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various

Of auld wither'd hags that were never thought cannie,

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

But Douglas, (and his wither'd heart, with hope and dread, beat high)

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829 Various

Now _fresh_ and _green_, now _sear_ and wither'd grow;

Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) Samuel Wesley