wether

• “Do you really not believe that you have something vested in wether or not a top official in the White House outed an operative who may have been able to obtain better information regarding the Nuclear issues in Iran?”

  Think Progress » Matthews on Rove Indictment: ‘It Could Be Today’

• “A wether is a castrated goat or sheep; it's probably related to a Latin word for "calf.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Week in Words

• “Indeed they are not, if imrinted upon a human at birth or bonded to a human as a kid a socialized goat is a wonderful pet- especially a neutered male called a wether…these are the “throw away” variety of goats used for weed eating ditches- and usually die from a dog attack aka dog treat on a rope.”

  The Fantastical Capybara: An Interview with Melanie Typaldos About Her Caplin Rous

• “The wether is a sort of sheep with worms in its head.”

  Keep on blogging in the free world

• “Note for townies - A wether is a castrated male sheep, over one year old.”

  The Sheep Trade.

• “Yea and though they lie in the field two moneths, at such time as it shall freese more then a yard thicke, the common souldier hath neither tent nor any thing else ouer his head: the most defence they haue against the wether is a felte, which is set against the winde and weather, and when Snowe commeth hee doth cast it off, and maketh him a fire, and laieth him down thereby.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “All subsequently cut fleeces are known as wether wool and possess relatively somewhat less value than the first clip.”

  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

• “One story has it that English shepherds used to employ a castrated ram - also know as a wether - to help manage the flock.”

  EzineArticles

• “Yea and though they lie in the field two moneths, at such time as it shall freese more then a yard thicke, the common souldier hath neither tent nor any thing else ouer his head: the most defence they haue against the wether is a felte, which is set against the winde and weather, and when”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03

• “As the more agrarian readers will obviously know, a wether is a castrated sheep.”

  Army Rumour Service

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