3 entries under this word

Wizen

Wiz'en, v. i.

verbintransitive

(wiz'n), v. i. [A-S. wisnian, weosnian, āwisnian, forwisnian, to grow dry, wesan, to weaken, O. H. Ger. wesan, lean, wesanēn, to grow lean, dry, forwesanēn, to grow old, N. H. Ger. verwesen, to rot, Icel. visna, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, Lith. vysti, to grow dry.] To wither; to dry. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.]

Wĭz'en, a.

adjective

(wĭz'n), a. Thin; weazen. “A little lonely, wizen, strangely-clad boy, who could not, at the most, have been more than five years old.” Dickens.

Wiz'en, n.

noun

(wĭz'n), n. The weasand. [Scot.]