单词 | shirp |
释义 | ▪ I. shirp, v. Sc. [Perh. a use of shirp sharp v.] intr. To wither, shrink, shrivel. Also with away.
1639Mure Ps. cxxix, Be they As grasse vpon the howsses' top, Ere shott which shirps away. c1680M'Ward Earnest Contendings for Faith 146 (Jam.), Even professors sat-up, shirped away, and cryned into a shadow. Hence shirpit a., ‘pinched’, wasted, shrivelled. [Cf. shilpit a.]
1821Galt Ann. Parish xlvii, His nose was shirpit and sharp. 1896H. Johnston Dr. Congalton's Legacy i. 13 Yon shirpet body, the factor. ▪ II. shirp obs. form of chirp v. |

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