v. i. [ OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan&unr_;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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered. [ 1913 Webster ]
A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The weasand. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen;
a. Having a shriveled, thin, withered face. [ 1913 Webster ]