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Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
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withers
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The withers is the ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, typically a quadruped . In many species it is the tallest point of the body, and in horses and dogs it is the standard place to measure the animal's height (in contrast, cattle are normally ...
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Withers \With"ers\, n. pl. [Properly, the parts which resist the pull or strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance, AS. wi[eth]re, fr. wi[eth]er against; akin to G. widerrist withers. See With , prep.] The ridge between the shoulder bones of a ...
Usage examples of withers.
As it withers, the many-pointed leaf of the white bryony and the bine as it shrivels, in like manner, do their part.
Mr Boffin, who hear it, rejoiced within himself, comforting himself with the reflection that his withers were unwrung, and thinking with what pleasure he might carry the anecdote into the farthest corners of the clubs.