Sear, Sere (?), a.
[OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sorēn to to wither, Gr. to parch, to dry, Skr. çush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. √152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.]
Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
Milton.
I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf.
Shak.
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Sere (?), a.
Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere.
Coleridge.
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Sere, n. [F. serre.]
Claw; talon.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
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