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Webster 1913 Edition
Sere
{
Sear
,Sere
(sēr)
, } Adj.
[OE. ]
seer
, AS. seár
(assumed) fr. seárian
to wither; akin to D. zoor
dry, LG. soor
, OHG. sorēn
to wither, Gr. αὕειν
to parch, to dry, Skr. çush
(for sush
) to dry, to wither, Zend hush
to dry. √152. Cf. Austere
, Sorrel
, Adj.
Dry; withered; no longer green; – applied to leaves.
Milton.
I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall’n into the
Is fall’n into the
sear
, the yellow leaf. Shakespeare
Sere
,Adj.
Dry; withered. Same as
Sear
. But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and
That were so thin and
sere
. Coleridge.
Sere
,Noun.
[F.
serre
.] Claw; talon.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sere
SERE
,Adj.
SERE
,Noun.