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Area below a horse's neck
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withers
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Withers — earlier Wither , Wyther — is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is today a not uncommon family name throughout the Anglosphere .
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.