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Highest part of a horse's back
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withers
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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 ...
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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.