Word Meanings - SEARSERE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

[OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. soren to to wither, Gr. sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. sq. root152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.

• Yellowfin
  A large squeteague.
• Applique
  Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.
• Yellowwort
  A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
• Austereness
  Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
• YELLOWSHANKSYELLOWSHINS
  See Yellolegs.
• Greengrocer
  A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.
• Greenstone
  A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
• Livelode
  Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
• Withering
  of Wither
• Yellowfish
  A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.
• Applied
  of Apply
• GREENBROOM
  A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.
• Greenhead
  The mallard.
• Greensward
  Turf green with grass.
• Livelong
  Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
• Lividity
  The state or quality of being livid.
• Wither
  To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
• Appliable
  Applicable; also, compliant.

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