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Search phrase: withered

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 37 result(s). alternate result(s)
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All's Well That Ends WellAW I.i.158your old virginity, is like one of our French witheredyour old virginity, is like one of our French wither'd
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.i.159pears: it looks ill, it eats drily; marry, 'tis a witheredpeares, it lookes ill, it eates drily, marry 'tis a wither'd
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.i.160pear; it was formerly better; marry, yet 'tis a witheredpeare: it was formerly better, marry yet 'tis a wither'd
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xv.64O, withered is the garland of the war,Oh wither'd is the Garland of the Warre,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.286You were as flowers, now withered: even soYou were as Flowres, now wither'd: euen so
HamletHam IV.v.185violets, but they withered all when my father died. TheyViolets, but they wither'd all when my Father dyed: They
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.4withered like an old apple-john. Well, I'll repent, andwithered like an olde Apple Iohn. Well, Ile repent, and
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.7now take my leave of these six dry, round, old, witherednow take my leaue of these sixe drie, round, old-wither'd
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.253Look, whe'er the withered elder hath notLooke, if the wither'd Elder hath not
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.228From this bare withered trunk. Upon thy sightFrom this bare, wither'd Trunke. Vpon thy sight
Henry VH5 IV.i.292Who twice a day their withered hands hold upWho twice a day their wither'd hands hold vp
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.v.11And pithless arms, like to a withered vineAnd pyth-lesse Armes, like to a withered Vine,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.ii.38Shall see thee withered, bloody, pale, and dead.Shall see thee withered, bloody, pale, and dead.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.ii.156To shrink mine arm up like a withered shrub;To shrinke mine Arme vp like a wither'd Shrub,
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.97Hath sullied, withered, overcast, and done.Hath sullied, withered ouercast and donne.
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.66Seemed as it were a grove of withered pines;Seemd as it were a groue of withered pines,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.240A withered hermit, fivescore winters worn,A withered Hermite, fiuescore winters worne,
MacbethMac I.iii.39So withered and so wild in their attire,So wither'd, and so wilde in their attyre,
MacbethMac II.i.52Pale Hecat's offerings; and withered Murder,Pale Heccats Offrings: and wither'd Murther,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.16An old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered servingmanan old Cloake, makes a new Ierkin: a wither'd Seruingman,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.152Old, cold, withered, and of intolerable entrails?Old, cold, wither'd, and of intollerable entrailes?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.50And on her withered dewlap pour the ale.And on her withered dewlop poure the Ale.
PericlesPer II.ii.42A withered branch that's only green at top.A withered Branch, that's onely greene at top,
PericlesPer IV.iv.35Who withered in her spring of year.Who withered in her spring of yeare:
Richard IIR2 II.i.134To crop at once a too-long withered flower.To crop at once a too-long wither'd flowre.
Richard IIR2 II.iv.8The bay trees in our country are all withered,The Bay-trees in our Countrey all are wither'd,
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.214Have done thy charm, thou hateful withered hag!Haue done thy Charme, yu hateful wither'd Hagge.
Richard IIIR3 III.iv.69Is like a blasted sapling, withered up;Is like a blasted Sapling, wither'd vp:
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.233.1Yet you are withered.Yet you are wither'd.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.397A vengeance on your crafty withered hide!A vengeance on your crafty withered hide,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.v.43This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered,This is a man old, wrinckled, faded, withered,
The TempestTem I.ii.464The fresh-brook mussels, withered roots, and husksThe fresh-brooke Mussels, wither'd roots, and huskes
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.113Upon a gathered lily almost withered.Vpon a gathred Lillie almost withered.,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.177Sirs, strive no more. Such withered herbs as theseSirs striue no more, such withered hearbs as these
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.297And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn;And in my Vantbrace put this wither'd brawne,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.ii.47.1O withered truth!O withered truth!
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.133Will wing me to some withered bough, and thereWill wing me to some wither'd bough, and there

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.13.9 As flowers dead lie withered on the ground, As flowers dead, lie withered on the ground,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1254 No man inveigh against the withered flower, No man inueigh against the withered flowre,

Glossary

 7 result(s).
blastedblighted, withered; accursed, malevolent
corkydry, withered, sapless
croneold hag, withered old woman
drydried, withered, shrivelled
searedwithered, wilting, declining
seredried up, withered, parched
writhledwrinkled, shrivelled, withered

Thesaurus

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witheredcorky
witheredwrithled
withereddry
witheredsere
witheredseared
witheredblasted
withered old womancrone
woman, withered oldcrone

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