Associations to the word «Withers»

Wiktionary

WITHERS, noun. (veterinary medicine) The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.
WITHERS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wither
WITHERS, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

WITHERS, noun. The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope