{ Sear, Sere (sēr) }, a.
[OE. seer, AS. seÁr (assumed) fr.
seÁrian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG.
soor, OHG. sorēn to wither, Gr. a"y`ein
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.
Sere (?), a.Dry; withered. Same as
Sear.
But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere.