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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

pl.

[Properly, the parts which resist the pull or strain in drawing a load; fr. OE.

wither

resistance, AS.

wiðre

, fr.

wiðer

against; akin to G.

wider

rist withers. See

rep.

]

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of

Let the galled jade wince; our

withers

are unwrung.

Shakespeare

Noun.

[This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.] The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck.