transferred. Of crops, etc.: To be withered by the sun's heat; to suffer decay in such a manner as to present the appearance of being scorched.

intransitive. To wither or fall under a blight. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of grain: To become affected by smut, blight, or the like. (Cf. slain, adj. 3.)

intransitive. Of grain: To be affected by smut.

intransitive. Of a crop plant or its leaves: to develop a scorched appearance; to turn yellow, darken, wither, or develop black spots as the result…

intransitive. Of hay, corn, etc.: to heat up and begin fermenting through being stacked damp or too green; to become mowburnt. Also occasionally trans…

To succumb to pressure, strain, or any harmful or damaging influence. intransitive. Of a crop or foodstuff: to perish; to be attacked by disease or…

In passive. Of a crop, of cattle: To be tainted or infected with a disease.

Of potatoes: To become affected with curl: see curl, n. 4.

intransitive. Of a fruit tree: To exude gum as a morbid secretion. Cf. gum, n.2 7.

intransitive. Of plant tissue: to be damaged by the sun. Cf. sunburn, n. 2.

intransitive. Of tobacco, cotton, or other plants: to become diseased and distorted. Also transitive. Cf. Frenchman, n. 4.

intransitive. Of a cereal crop or other plant: to become affected with rust or blight.

intransitive. Of a plant or fruit: To decay at the stem or footstalk; to be affected with shanking; usually to shank off. Also passive. Cf. shanking…

(a) transitive (chiefly in passive) to make (tobacco) house-burnt; (b) intransitive (of tobacco) to become house-burnt.