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rivel
/ˈɹɪvəl/
verb 2noun 2
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2VERB + RIVEL
wither
PREP.
up
Definitions
verb
1
To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
2
To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […]
noun
1
A wrinkle; a rimple.
It wanteth the due parching and ripening against the sunne: and by that meanes commeth short of the rivels and blacknesse that the outlandish pepper hath.
noun
1
A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans.
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they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […]
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It wanteth the due parching and ripening against the sunne: and by that meanes commeth short of the rivels and blacknesse that the outlandish pepper hath.
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