wether
Americannoun
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a castrated male sheep.
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Also called wether wool. wool from previously shorn sheep.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wether
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Saxon withar, Old High German widar, Old Norse vethr, Gothic withrus
Example Sentences
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At the time I just said it made you think wether you want to carry on in football.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019
I don’t know wether you are aware of this, but I, too, am a tarrif man.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2018
It's time for many to realize that despite our personal fellings towards any government, in the end we will, at one time or another be financially supporting them wether we like it or not.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2015
Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, who will become deputy majority leader next year, said that the conference has plenty of time to decide wether to stay nuclear.
From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2014
Inside a holly-tree in front of the castle is a wether, in the wether a duck, in the duck an egg, and in that egg is her heart and life.
From Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland by Curtin, Jeremiah
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