witherern.
/ˈwɪðərə/ rare.
One who or that which withers.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > one who or that which
appairer1382
pairer1408
impairera1586
retrograde1633
aggravativea1734
witherer1828
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring > by environmental or supernatural factors > damaging influence
witherer1828
sirocco1859
1828 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. III. xiv. 427 Gifford is the Harriet Wilson of our literary world; the witherer of young names.
a1851 D. M. Moir Miner of Peru Blancher of the hair, And witherer of the strength.
1927 Daily Express 12 Sept. 3/5 British engineers have devised machinery which embodies a new process of withering the green tea leaf. This ‘witherer’ will be erected on a tea-planting estate in Ceylon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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