Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rother"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Rother \Roth"er\, a. [AS. hry[eth]er; cf. D. rund.] (Zo["o]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.

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