Both Uses of
wither
in
Henry IV, Part 1
- I pr'ythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point; the poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess.†
Scene 2.1 *
- Why, my skin hangs about me like an old lady's loose gown; I am withered like an old apple-John.†
Scene 3.3
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated