wether

3 definitions found

wether - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wether \Weth"er\, n. [OE. wether, AS. we[eth]er; akin to OS.
     wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel.
     ve[eth]r, Sw. v[aum]dur, Dan. v[ae]dder, Goth. wi[thorn]rus a
     lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. 'e`tos
     year; -- originally meaning, a yearling. Cf. Veal,
     Veteran.]
     A castrated ram.
     [1913 Webster]

wether - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wether
      n 1: male sheep especially a castrated one

wether - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  WETHER. A castrated ram, at least one year old in ark indictment it may be 
  called a sheep. 4 Car. & Payne, 216; 19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351.