Both Uses of
wither
in
Young Goodman Brown
- The traveller put forth his staff and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent's tail.†
- The moment his fingers touched them they became strangely withered and dried up as with a week's sunshine.
*withered = shriveled (wrinkled)
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated