Reverse Dictionary: SHRIVEL

SHRIVEL, SHRIVELLED

ADJECTIVES
1535 — MACILENT shrivelled; thin, lean, lank, emaciated; having little flesh  
1590 — WRIZZLED shrivelled, wrinkled; marked with creases, wrinkles, or corrugations → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1777 — QUODDLED shrivelled up → Eng. dial.
1790 — SHROCKLED shrivelled, shrunk; withered; wrinkled, puckered → Eng. dial.
1808 — SINGED-LIKE shrivelled, puny → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1820 — REESTED shrivelled up, withered → Sc.
1825 — NIRLED shrivelled, stunted in growth, shrunken → Sc. 
1825 — NIRLIE shrivelled, dwarfish, stunted; said of animals or plants → Sc. 
1825 — NURRILLED shrivelled, stunted in growth, shrunken → Sc. 
1825 — SCADDERIZED shrivelled, wizened; said of persons → Sc.
1840 — SHRIVELDY shrivelled up, withered; shrunk up
1856 — WEASLY shrivelled, stunted; sickly-looking → Amer. dial.
1867 — SCRIMMIT shrivelled, shrunk → Eng. dial.
1898 — SWIVELLED (UP)  shrivelled (up) → Amer. dial.
1904 — SCRABBIE shrivelled, stunted, gnarled → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRIGGLY shrivelled, small → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1943 — WEEZLEDY shrivelled, stunted; contemptibly small or worthless → Amer. dial.


NOUNS
1768 SCRAB anything shrivelled, stunted, or gnarled, as an animal, a limb, a tree or shrub → Sc. 
1802 SCRAE → SCRAY → SKRAE anything shrivelled and thin → Sc.


NOUNS, PERSON
1596 — ELF-SKIN a man of shrivelled and shrunken form → obs., contemptuous usage
1768 — SCRAB a shrivelled, stunted, or gnarled person → Sc. 
1802 — SCRAE → SCRAY → SKRAE a shrivelled, thin person → Sc.
1904 — SCRABBLE a shrivelled, puny person → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRATCHIN a shrivelled, lean person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BLASTIE a shrivelled, dwarfish person → Sc., contemptuous usage (Bk.)
1934 — RUNKLE a shrivelled, wrinkled, or gnarled person → Sc.
1952 — PEE-WEEZY a little shrivelled or dried-up person → Amer. dial.


VERBS
1553 — CRINE to shrivel or shrink, esp. with age or heat; to dry up → chiefly Sc. 
1572 — SCRIMPLE to shrivel with fierce heat, to scorch → obs.
1691 — SKELLER to cause to shrivel, warp, twist, or blister, esp. with heat → N. Eng. dial.
1777 — QUADDLE → QUODDLE to shrivel up, to dry → Eng. dial.
1790 — SCRINGE to shrivel, as with sharp cold or dry heat → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
..19C — DWINGLE to shrivel up, to dwindle, shrink → Eng. dial.
1806 — SCORCH to shrivel up, caused by frost or cold → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1813 — NIRL → NURL to shrivel, to shrink, to contract, to stunt in growth, to pinch with cold → Sc. 
1820 — ORP to shrivel, to shrink, to complain from ill health, to be constantly ailing and sickly → Sc.
1821 — REEVE to shrivel up; to draw into wrinkles → Eng. dial.
1823 — CRINGLE to shrivel or shrink, esp. with age → chiefly Sc.
1825 — SCADDERIZE to shrivel, to shrink → Sc.
1834 — WIZZLE to shrivel or dry up, to become wrinkled; to pucker → Amer. dial.
1856 — WEASLE to shrivel, to shrink; said of a person → Amer. dial.
1888 — SKELLOW to shrivel, warp, twist, or blister, as with heat → Eng. dial.
1898 — BASK to shrivel with heat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — SWIVEL to shrivel → Amer. dial.
1904 — SCRINKLE to shrivel, to crumple → Eng. dial. (Bk.)