Noah Webster
Wither
WITHER, verb intransitive
1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.
It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17:9.
2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12:10.
3. To lose or want animal moisture.
Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.
WITHER, verb transitive
1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1:11.
2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.
Age cannot wither her.