withers /widhˈərz/

The ridge between the shoulder blades of a horse

withˈer-wrung adjective

Injured in the withers

wring someone's withers

1. To wound someone by a snub, etc
2. To cause someone anguish

wither /widhˈər/

1. To fade or become dry
2. To lose freshness
3. To languish, decline
4. To decay, waste

1. To cause to dry up, fade or decay
2. To blight, destroy
3. To humiliate, mortify or cause to feel unimportant or despicable
4. To dry (eg tea)

withˈered adjective

1. Dried, faded, shrivelled
2. (of a limb) stunted or shrivelled through illness or injury

withˈeredness noun

withˈering noun adjective

1. Fading, becoming dry, etc, or causing to do so
2. Used for drying or curing
3. Blasting, blighting, scorching, destructive
4. Snubbing, humiliating

withˈeringly adverb

withˈering-floor noun

The drying-floor of a malt-house

• unawakening
• unaware
• unawareness
• unawarenesses
• unawares
• unawed
• unbacked
• unbaffled
• unbag
• unbagged
• unbagging
• unbags
• unbailable
• unbaited
• unbaked
• unbalance
• unbalanced
• unbalanced translocation
• unbalances
• unbalancing
• unballasted
• unbanded
• unbanked
• unbaptised
• unbaptize