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Part of a horse's back
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withers
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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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Withers — earlier Wither , Wyther — is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is today a not uncommon family name throughout the Anglosphere .
Wiktionary
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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 ...
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.