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weth·er

 (wĕth′ər)
n.
A castrated male sheep or goat.

[Middle English, from Old English; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]
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wether

(ˈwɛðə)
n
(Animals) a male sheep, esp a castrated one
[Old English hwæther; related to Old Frisian hweder, Old High German hwedar, Old Norse hvatharr]
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weth•er

(ˈwɛð ər)

n.
a castrated male sheep.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon withar, Old High German widar, Old Norse vethr, Gothic withrus]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.wether - male sheep especially a castrated one
genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep
sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
bellwether - sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
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Translations
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wether

[ˈweðəʳ] Ncarnero m castrado
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wether

nHammel m, → Schöps m (dial)
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References in classic literature ?
'He's a-gammonin' that 'ere landlord, he is, sir, till he don't rightly know wether he's a-standing on the soles of his boots or the crown of his hat.'
MATTHEW WETHERS has called on Edinburgh Monarchs to hold their nerve and complete a dream double in tonight's Knockout Cup Final decider.
John Oster, 30, and Paul Wethers went to the girl's home after a night out in London's West End, reports The Sun.
Boss Graham Drury made use of all of his options by inserting Jason Lyons into heat 11 from a 15-metre handicap but the captain and Ulrich Ostergaard were both beaten by an inspired Matthew Wethers.
Of these, about 2,200 wethers were slaughtered to provide detailed carcass quality data, and 2,600 ewes are being evaluated for their maternal characteristics.
As usual, the Bears (16-4, 9-2 Pac-10) were led by Wethers, Tamir and forward Joe Shipp, who combined to score 72 percent of the team's points.
Chapter 8, "Innocence and Radical Innocence," surveys a number of New World romances from the early twentieth century: Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs (1931), Robinson Jeffers's Loving Shepherdess (1929), Mary Austin's Isidro (1905), Harold Bell Wright's Shepherd of the Hills (1907), Mary Webb's Seven for a Secret (1922), Victoria Sackville-West's Green Wethers (1923), Jorge Isaac's Maria (1867), D.
The Diamonds won 55-35 at the big Owlerton circuit, but the only member of the team that day still at the club is Matty Wethers, who scored nine points from the reserve berth.
Mr Renwick's nephew Gavin MacDonald from the neighbouring Clachan sold wethers from two units to a top of PS51.50 and PS49.
The Diamonds desperately needed two 5-1 wins to rattle the visitors and got them in the seventh and ninth races thanks to Starke and outstanding reserve Max Clegg preceding Ostergaard's first win as a Newcastle rider and then Lasse Bjerre and Wethers combining beautifully to shut out Heeps into third place and levelling the aggregate score 72-72.
Bjerre and Wethers tightened the match up again in Heat 10 to go into the interval 36-24.
Matej Kus looked far more comfortable on the tight, tricky Armadale track than he did on his first visit there last season and roared round Matthew Wethers for a fine second place in his first ride.