Winterkill

2 definitions found

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

  Winterkill \Win"ter*kill`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winterkilled};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Winterkilling}.]
     To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter;
     as, the wheat was winterkilled. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Winterkill \Win"ter*kill`\, v. i.
     To die as the result of exposure to the cold of winter; as,
     the tree winterkills easily.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]