Also 9 weezen. [Altered form of WIZEN v.] intr. To shrink, shrivel. Also trans. (? nonce-use) to cause to shrink.
1821. Lonsdale Mag., II. 409. I put those three shillings … into a hole, and I found them weezened every time I went to look at them…. I have just found it out that Dick has weezend them.
1850. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., XI. II. 605. Nothing retards their [sc. pigs’] feeding so much as allowing them to be pining and weazening for their anticipated regular meal.
