Withers

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. The high part of the back of a horse or similar animal, located between the shoulder blades.
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  • n. The part of the back of a draft animal or horse that is the highest, between the shoulder blades.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wither.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of horse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The highest part of the back of a horse, between the shoulderblades and behind the root of the neck, where the mane ceases to grow: as, a horse 15 hands high at the withers.
  • n. The barbs or flukes of a harpoon; the witters: so called by British whalemen.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body part   
    Cross Reference
    casting of the withers   
    Variant
    horse   
    Hyponym
    nape   
    Verb Stem
    wither   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dithers    smithers    zithers   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scruff   
     
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