DWINDLE, DWINDLING
NOUNS
► DECAY dwindling, decrease; falling off in quantity, volume, etc. → 1636 obs.
VERBS
► AIL AWAY to dwindle → 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DECAY to dwindle away; to fall off or decrease in number, volume, etc. → 1489 obs.
► DWINGLE to dwindle, to shrivel up, to shrink → 19C Eng. dial.
► PINDLE to dwindle, to waste away, to languish → 1893 Amer. dial.
► SWIND to waste away, to languish; to dwindle away, to decrease, to die → 1000 obs.
► WALLOW to dwindle → 1894 Sc.