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Male sheep especially a castrated one
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wether
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. male sheep especially a castrated one
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wether \Weth"er\, n. [OE. wether, AS. we[eth]er; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Sw. v["a]dur, Dan. v[ae]dder, Goth. wi[thorn]rus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. 'e`tos year; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wether may refer to: A castrated male goat A castrated male sheep A misspelling of weather A misspelling of a surname
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A castrated buck goat. 2 A castrated ram. 3 (archaic spelling of weather English) vb. (context transitive English) To castrate a male sheep or goat.
Usage examples of wether.
Amadan of the Dough, and I have killed Slat Mor, Slat Man, Slat Beag, the Cailliach of the Rocks and her four badachs, the Black Bull of the Brown Woods, the White Wether of the Hill of the Waterfalls, and the Beggarman of the King of Sweden, and before night I will have killed the Silver Cat of the Seven Glens.
Here is a mighty stronge and usid borow for flying serpens in sum baren, hethy, and sandy grownd, and thereby the litle round castel of Morna Moruna stondith on Omprenne Edge, as on the limit of the worlde, sore wether beten and yn ruine.
But before he died he put the Amadan under geasa to meet and to fight the White Wether of the Hill of the Waterfalls.
Amadan of the Dough, and I have killed Slat Mor, Slat Man, Slat Beag, the Cailliach of the Rocks and her four badachs, the Black Bull of the Brown Woods, the White Wether of the Hill of the Waterfalls, and the Beggarman of the King of Sweden, and before night I will have killed the Silver Cat of the Seven Glens.
Goody Lugg is the farmer, a worthy widow who looks after a cow and a dozen wethers and leaves the care of John to Ben and his friends.
Here is a mighty stronge and usid borow for flying serpens in sum baren, hethy, and sandy grownd, and thereby the litle round castel of Morna Moruna stondith on Omprenne Edge, as on the limit of the worlde, sore wether beten and yn ruine.