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Wether

Wether Meaning & Definition
Wether Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wether?

[n] male sheep especially a castrated one

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See Also | bellwether | genus Ovis | Ovis | sheep

Wether In Webster's Dictionary

\Weth"er\, n. [OE. wether, AS. we[eth]er; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Sw. v["a]dur, Dan. v[ae]dder, Goth. wi[thorn]rus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. 'e`tos year; -- originally meaning, a yearling. Cf. {Veal}, {Veteran}.] A castrated ram.

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