From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r
(assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG.
soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry,
Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry.
[root]152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.]
Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
--Milton.
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I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sere \Sere\, a.
Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
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But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere. --Coleridge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sere \Sere\, n. [F. serre.]
Claw; talon. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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