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Shrivels
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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 ...
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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, probably from a dialectal survival of Old English wiðer "against, contrary, opposite" (see with ) + plural suffix. Usually said to be so called because the withers are the parts of the animal that oppose the load. Compare German Widerrist "withers," ...
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.