shriveling

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shriveling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveledor
     Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.]
     [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to
     pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory,
     frail, Sw. skr["o]pling feeble, Dan. skr["o]belig, Icel.
     skrj?pr brittle, frail.]
     To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form
     corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin
     shrivels with age; -- often with up.
     [1913 Webster]