[f. next.] The action or an act of wilting; spec. (also wilt disease) any fungous disease of plants which is characterized by wilting.
1855. Ainslie, Land of Burns (1892), 315. To stiffen the wilt that this wilderness Has brought on this bosom and brain.
1916. Q. Rev., Oct., 357. Rusts, smuts, wilts, and insect-attacks were calamities to be patiently endured.
