Shrivel
Shrivel , intransitive verb
[Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; compare dial. Anglo-Saxon screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Swedish skropling feeble, Danish skrobelig, Icelandic skrj{not transcribed}pr brittle, frail.]
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shrivels in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
Shrivel , transitive verb
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.