wether
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- male sheep especially a castrated oneType of sheepKinds bellwetherMember of Ovis, genus Ovis
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Weth′er noun
Origin: OE. wether, AS. weðer; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. veðr, Sw. vädur, Dan. vædder, Goth. wiþrus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. ἔτος year; — originally meaning, a yearling. Cf. Veal, Veteran.
A castrated ram.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54