PERISHING
Adjective
perishing (comparative more perishing, superlative most perishing)
Extremely cold.
Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
Verb
perishing
present participle of perish
Noun
perishing (plural perishings)
The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
Source: Wiktionary
PERISH
Per"ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb. n. Perishing.]
Etym: [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. périr, p.pr. périssant, L. perire
to go or run through, come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to
go. Cf. Issue, and see -ish.]
Definition: To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost;
to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17.
Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton.
The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke.
Per"ish, v. t.
Definition: To cause perish. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition