shrivel
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The star that breathes a horrible fury of fire Like glaring fog into the empty night; And in the gust of its wrath the world will soon Shrivel and spin like paper in a furnace.
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
The fainting year sees her fresh flowery wreath Shrivel in his hot grasp; his burning breath Dries the sweet water-springs that in the shade Wandering along, delicious music made.
From Poems by Kemble, Fanny
Shrivel, shriv′l, v.i. and v.t. to contract into wrinkles: to blight:—pr.p. shriv′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. shriv′elled.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
"Shrivel the falsehood" from us if we say we love Thee but obey Thee not!
From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Carmichael, Amy
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