Welking

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Welk \Welk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Welking}.] [OE. welken; cf. D. & G. welken to wither, G.
     welk withered, OHG. welc moist. See {Welkin}, and cf.
     {Wilt}.]
     To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.
     [Obs.]


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           When ruddy Ph?bus 'gins to welk in west. --Spenser.
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           The church, that before by insensible degrees welked
           and impaired, now with large steps went down hill
           decaying.                                --Milton.
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