Wizen \Wiz"en\, a.
Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.
A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Wizen \Wiz"en\, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian
to decay, OHG. wesan?n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel.
visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L.
virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. Virus.]
To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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