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Shrivels
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withers
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The withers is a part of the back of a horse, dog or other quadruped. Withers or Wither may also refer to:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a plant withers (= becomes drier and starts to die ) EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Check that the saddle fits correctly and is neither too low on the withers or spine. ▪ Distance from withers to elbow and elbow to ground is ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context veterinary medicine English) The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. vb. (en-third-person singular ...
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.