The Only Use of
dwindle
in
Macbeth
- I will drain him dry as hay: Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his pent-house lid; He shall live a man forbid: Weary seven-nights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine: Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tost.†
Scene 1.3
Definition:
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(dwindle) to decrease -- in count or substance