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English Idioms :: wither on the vine
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withel.html - {v. phr.} To fail or collapse in the planning stages. * /The program for rebuilding the city died on the vine./ |
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English Idioms :: wither on the vine
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withel.html - See: DIE ON THE VINE. |
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Traditional English :: withe
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withel.html - (also withy) (pl. withes or -ies) n. a tough flexible shoot esp. of willow or osier used for tying a bundle of wood etc. [OE withthe, withig f. Gmc, rel. to WIRE] |
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Traditional English :: wither
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withel.html - v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) make or become dry and shrivelled (withered flowers). 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by away) deprive of or lose vigour, vitality, freshness, or importance. 3 intr. decay, decline. 4 tr. a blight with scorn etc. b (as withering adj.) scornful (a withering look). witheringly adv. [ME, app. var. of WEATHER differentiated for certain senses] |
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Traditional English :: withers
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withel.html - n.pl. the ridge between a horse's shoulder-blades. [shortening of (16th-c.) widersome (or -sone) f. wider-, wither- against (cf. WITH), as the part that resists the strain of the collar: second element obscure] |
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Traditional English :: withershins
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withel.html - adv. (also widdershins) esp. Sc. 1 in a direction contrary to the sun's course (considered as unlucky). 2 anticlockwise. [MLG weddersins f. MHG widdersinnes f. wider against + sin direction] |
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