wizen
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It would wizen up, or grow ripe, or it might rot.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
In their whiteness his pinched features seemed more wizen than ever.
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd
"There are two Doctor Browns in Hooe, He's short and stout—I'm tall and wizen; You've been and run the wrong one through, That's how the error has arisen."
From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
The old miller rubbed his wizen cheeks and smoothed the wisps of hair on his chin, nervously as a young man does his mustache.
From The Black Cross by Olive M. Briggs
He sat on the edge of his chair, wizen, anxious, fidgety, loaded with objections, and ready to go off half-cocked.
From Mr. Opp by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
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