shirpv.
Scottish.
intransitive. To wither, shrink, shrivel. Also with away.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > wither [verb (intransitive)]
falloweOE
welka1300
starvec1400
witherc1400
dote?1440
wizena1450
mortifyc1475
vade1492
shrinkc1572
flitter1577
windle1579
shirpc1639
welter1645
welt1854
sickly1882
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
wizenc890
clinga1000
shrinkc1000
rivelOE
snurpc1300
wrinkle1528
warp1579
shrivel1588
pucker1598
shirpc1639
tuck1797
weazen1821
cringle1823
swivel1898
c1639 W. Mure Psalmes cxxix, in Wks. (1898) II. 201 Be they As grasse vpon the howsses' top, Ere shott which shirps away.
a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 146 Even Professors sat-up, shirped-away, and cryned into a Shadow.
Derivatives
shirpit adj. [Compare shilpit adj.] ‘pinched’, wasted, shrivelled.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill
wanc700
sunken?a1505
wersh?a1505
wearisha1535
waryish1565
sunk1578
chap-fallen1597
chop-fallen1604
squalid1661
sallow1747
sallowish1753
peaked1804
shilpit1813
shirpit1821
peely-wally1832
peakish1836
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > withered
forpined1377
contractc1430
withereda1500
forwithered1563
arefacted1599
arefacting1599
corky1603
diminished1607
shrivelled1607
shirpit1821
shriveldy1840
mummified1879
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xlvii. 370 His nose was shirpet and sharp.
1896 H. Johnston Dr. Congalton's Legacy i. 13 Yon shirpet body, the factor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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