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Webster 1913 Edition

Tether

Teth′er

(têth′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[Formerly
tedder
, OE.
tedir
; akin to LG.
tider
,
tier
, Icel.
tjōðr
, Sw.
tjūder
, Dan.
töir
. √64.]
A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.

Teth′er

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tethered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tethering
.]
To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
And by a slender cord was
tethered
to a stone.
Wordsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tether

TETH'ER

,
Noun.
[See Tedder.] A rope or chain by which a beast is confined for feeding within certain limits.

TETH'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To confine, as a beast, with a rope or chain for feeding within certain limits. [It would be well to write this word uniformly tedder.]

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