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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(rare) Decline, wane.
Old Mrs. Jennery, of Springholm, never had a daughter of her own, neither had her son, the father of the twin lads whom he left to his mother's care when he died of the dwine, as the country-folk called it.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(archaic, except in, Scotland, and, dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
Origin: From , from , from , from , from , from *dʰew-. Compare , , verdwijnen, , verdwienen, . See also , dush. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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