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withers |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of {Horse}. Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: withers n 1: sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase "wring one's withers"); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare 2: the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
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