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WITHERS

\wˈɪðəz], \wˈɪðəz], \w_ˈɪ_ð_ə_z]\

Definitions of WITHERS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The part of the body lying between the shoulder blades of the horse.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The ridge on a horse's back between the shoulders at the termination of the mane.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The ridge between the shoulder-bones of a horse.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

The ridge between the shoulder-blades, as of a horse.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The junction of the shoulder-bones of a horse, forming a ridge at the bottom of the neck.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The ridge, between the shoulder-bones of a horse at the bottom of the neck and mane.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. pl. [German] The ridge between the shoulder-bones of a horse at the bottom of the neck.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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