| apple-john | kind of apple with a shrivelled skin [associated with midsummer (St John's) day] |
| cling | wither, shrivel, shrink up |
| contract | shrink, shrivel, cripple |
| dry | dried, withered, shrivelled |
| parch | dry up, shrivel up |
| shrink | shrivel up, wither away |
| writhled | wrinkled, shrivelled, withered |