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Meanings of wizen in English

Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

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Usage of wizen in English
1
One was tall and stalwart; the other was small, and wizen, and misshapen.
Run to Earth: A Novel
2
A cunning, wizen head peered out at him from the gloom.
Under Two Flags
3
His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
4
His blinking eyes were steady, and his wizen face had become suddenly composed.
No Name
5
Mr. Finch's wizen little legs took him out of the room.
Poor Miss Finch
6
When their crier, a small wizen-faced man, began the Azan with a voice
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
7
The little creature hid her wizen face in her withered little hands and sobbed.
Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to...
8
The firelight rose and fell on his wizen little face and his nervous, drooping hands.
No Name
9
He held out one of his wizen little arms.
Poor Miss Finch
10
At length a small wizen-faced man appeared from below.
Adrift in a Boat
11
Stella's eyes also rested upon the tiny wizen face.
The Lamp in the Desert
12
Then a little wizen-faced, dried-up old man said he would put up $400.
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi
13
He is a small, wizen-faced man, quiet, self-contained, and fond-exceedinglyfond-ofhaving his own way.
To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I
14
His fingers crooked, his body in a bow, his wizen, cruel face pallid in the ghostly light.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
15
I'll twist that wizen gullet of hers the next time she shows her ugly black face here!
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
16
His eyes were dim; his hair had turned completely grey; his face was wizen; his figure had shrunk.
The Moonstone
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