English Dictionary: Rother | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rother \Roth"er\, a. [AS. hry[edh]er; cf. D. rund.] (Zo[94]l.) Bovine. -- n. A bovine beast. [Obs.] --Shak. {Rother beasts}, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] --Golding. {Rother soil}, the dung of rother beasts. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rother \Roth"er\, n. [OE. See {Rudder}.] A rudder. {Rother nail}, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights. |