Weth"er (?), n. [OE. wether, AS. weer; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. ver, Sw. vadur, Dan. vaedder, Goth. wiprus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. year; -- originally meaning, a yearling. Cf. Veal, Veteran.]

A castrated ram.

 

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