shrimv.
/ʃrɪm/ Now dialect.
intransitive and passive. To shrink or shrivel; now chiefly in past participle, chilled, benumbed.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink
shrimc1000
shrinkc1275
to draw togethera1398
gather1577
coact1578
to fall together1583
draw1615
contract1648
to run up1838
to take up1860
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 6 Gif monnes fot to hommum scrimme & scrince.
1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ Specimens Cornish Provinc. Dial. 18 He squinnied, tell I were nigh shrimmed with his look.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Shrimmed, chilled. Corn.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Shrim or Srim, to shiver; shrink or shrivel up with cold or fright; also of shrinkage in cooking.
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