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Rother

Roth′er

,
Adj.
[AS.
hryðer
; cf. D.
rund
.]
(Zool.)
Bovine.
Noun.
A bovine beast.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Rother beasts
,
cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle.
[Obs.]
Golding.
Rother soil
,
the dung of rother beasts.

Roth′er

,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024


rother

rother

See also: röther

English

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

  1. a horned animal, especially an ox

Etymology 2

From Old English. See rudder.

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

  1. A rudder.
Derived terms

German

Adjective

rother

  1. inflected form of roth