wether

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈwɛðɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɛðə/

Noun

wether (plural wethers)

1. A castrated buck goat.
2. A castrated ram.
   • circa 1596-97 William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i:

     I am a tainted wether of the flock,

     Meetest for death […]

Translations

• German: Mönch, kastrierter Ziegenbock
• Portuguese: castrão
• Spanish: castrón

Translations

• German: Hammel, Schöps
• Italian: montone
• Portuguese: carneiro castrado
• Russian: валу́х
• Spanish: carnero castrado, castrón

Verb

wether (wethers, present participle wethering; past and past participle wethered)

1. (transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat.

Noun

wether

1. Archaic spelling of weather#English|weather.

   (cited after Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1866, p. 8)

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