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Webster 1913 Edition

Wizen

Wiz′en

,

Verb.

I.

[OE.

wisenen

, AS.

wisnian

akin to

weornian

to decay, OHG.

wesan[GREEK]n

to grow dry, G. ver

wesen

to rot, Icel.

visna

to wither, Sw.

vissna

, Dan.

visne

, and probably to L.

virus

an offensive odor, poison. Cf.

.]

To wither; to dry.

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wiz′en

,

Adj.

Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.

A little lonely,

wizen

, strangely clad boy.

Dickens.

Wiz′en

,

Noun.

The weasand.

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Wizen

WIZEN

,

Verb.

I.

To wither; to dry. [Local.]