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Webster 1913 Edition


Wither-wrung

With′er-wrungˊ

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Adj.
Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wither-wrung

WITHER-WRUNG

,
Adj.
Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.

Definition 2024


wither-wrung

wither-wrung

English

Adjective

wither-wrung (not comparable)

  1. Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
    • Rudyard Kipling
      They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E. P. tent and a wither-wrung mule.