DECAY, DECAYED, DECAYING
ADJECTIVES
1490 — FAILED decayed, worn out; of a person: impaired in health or vigour; infirm
1609 — CANKEROUS in a state of decay → obs.
1656 — MARCID decayed, rotten, withered, wasted → obs.
1656 — MARCIDIOUS decayed, rotten, withered → obs.
1665 — CARIATED decayed, carious → obs.
1682 — RUSTING deteriorating through age, disuse, or neglect; decaying; becoming antiquated
1790 — AMPERY beginning to decay, rotten; said of things, as cheese → Eng. dial.
1848 — CAGGY decaying, unfit for food → Eng. dial. or vulgar usage
1851 — DARRICKY decayed, rotten → Eng. dial.
1852 — DADDOCKY decayed, rotten → Eng. dial.
1858 — DECADESCENT beginning to decay
1859 — CAGMAG decaying, unwholesome; coarse, worthless, rubbishy → Eng. dial.
1876 — SAPROGENIC causing decay or putrefaction
1876 — SAPROGENOUS causing decay or putrefaction
1885 — AMPERED decayed; poisoned, festered → Eng. dial.
1898 — BEETHED decayed, withered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DICKY decayed, rotten; said of vegetable matter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — PUNK of timber: decayed, rotten → US
1905 — PASHY decayed, rotten, soft → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 — NIZZEND slightly decayed, smelly, tainted → Sc.
1930 — SLEAZY decayed, dirty, run-down; said of a thing → sl.
ADVERBS
1790 — BEGONE decayed, worn out → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1393 — DECAS decay, ruin → obs.
1609 — DRIX decayed wood; the decayed part of timber → obs.
1646 — MARCOR • MARCOUR decay → obs.
1820 — FAULTURE decayed remnants
1887 — MAWKS • MOX a state of decay; a mess; a mixture → Eng. dial.
VERBS
..900 — TO-DRESE to decay, to fade; to fall apart → obs.
1340 — CORRUMP to decompose; to cause to rot or decay → obs.
1340 — DEFAIL to decay, to become weak, to lose vigour → obs.
1388 — FADE to decay, to fail, to decline; to grow small or weak → obs.
1400 — RUST to decay, to decline morally or intellectually; to cease to function at full capacity
1475 — PALL to decay, to waste away, to rot → obs.
1495 — VADE to decay, to perish; to pass away, to disappear, to vanish → obs.
1525 — MURL to reduce to fragments; to cause to crumble or decay → Sc.
1549 — DECHAY to decay → obs.
1604 — RUST to cause to degenerate through inactivity or lack of use; to allow to decay; to waste away in idleness
1620 — LAPSE to fall into decay → obs.
1649 — WROX to decay, to rot → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1702 — CARIATE to affect with decay → obs.
1808 — WAINISH to decay, to pine away, to become emaciated → Sc. obs.
1898 — BEATH to decay, to wither → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — MOOTNAFEE to decay, to rot → Sc.
1900 — FADY to decay from damp; to mildew → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASKER to decay, to rust → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MILDER to decay, to moulder, to turn to dust, to disintegrate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — OLG to decay, to grow slimy and smelly → Sc. obs.
1953 — CANKER to begin to decay; to spoil; to become tainted → Amer. dial.