SHRINK, SHRINKAGE
NOUNS
1842 — INDRINK shrinkage, a diminution → Sc.
VERBS
1388 — FADE to shrink, to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint → obs.
1390 — WELK to shrink, to become less, to diminish → obs.
1400 — HURKLE to cower, to crouch, to squat; to shrink, to shudder
1530 — FALL AWAY to shrink, to lose flesh or substance → obs.
1530 — FALL OUT OF FLESH to shrink → obs.
1553 — CRINE to shrink, to shrivel, esp. with age or heat → chiefly Sc.
1599 — FALL to shrink → obs.
1654 — FALL TOGETHER to shrink up, to collapse, to contract → obs.
..19C — DWINGLE to shrink, to dwindle, to shrivel up → Eng. dial.
1813 — NIRL → NURL to shrink, to shrivel, to contract, to stunt in growth, to pinch with cold → Sc.
1820 — ORP to shrink, to shrivel, not to thrive → Sc.
1823 — CRINGLE to shrink, to shrivel, esp. with age → chiefly Sc.
1825 — CRIMBLE to shrink, to cringe; to avoid being observed; to sneak, to creep about privily → Eng. dial.
1825 — SCADDERIZE to shrink, to shrivel → Sc.
1854 — FALL IN to shrink in person → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1856 — WEASLE to shrink, to shrivel; said of a person → Amer. dial.
1905 — MILL IN to shrink; to wither; to diminish in quantity → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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