Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Injured in the withers, as a horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
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- adjective Injured or hurt in the
withers , as ahorse .
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Examples
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They had wounds on their shoulders and backs, like animals, all wither-wrung.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E.P. tent and a wither-wrung mule.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E.P. tent and a wither-wrung mule.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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