All 6 Uses of
wither
in
The Two Towers
- But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all woods may be drawing near.†
Chpt 3.4 *
- For if Sauron of old destroyed the gardens, the Enemy today seems likely to wither all the woods.†
Chpt 3.4
- But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely.†
Chpt 3.4
- The young perish and the old linger, withering.†
Chpt 3.6
- We in the house of Denethor know much ancient lore by long tradition, and there are moreover in our treasuries many things preserved: books and tablets writ on withered parchments, yea, and on stone, and on leaves of silver and of gold, in divers characters.†
Chpt 4.5
- Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated