rother

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rother \Roth"er\, a. [AS. hry[eth]er; cf. D. rund.] (Zool.) Bovine. -- n. A bovine beast. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Rother beasts, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] --Golding.

Rother soil, the dung of rother beasts. [1913 Webster]


Rother \Roth"er\, n. [OE. See Rudder.] A rudder. [1913 Webster]

Rother nail, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights. [1913 Webster]

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