wether
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛðə(r)
- Homophones: weather, whether (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun [edit]
wether (plural wethers)
- A castrated buck goat.
- A castrated ram.
- Archaic spelling of weather.
- 1527, George Joye, The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters[1]:
- There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;
- 1527, George Joye, The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters[1]:
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
castrated buck goat
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castrated ram
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Verb [edit]
wether (third-person singular simple present wethers, present participle wethering, simple past and past participle wethered)
- (transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat.
Translations [edit]
to castrate a male sheep or goat
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