rother

Roth"er, a. Etym: [AS. hryedher; cf. D. rund.] (Zoöl.) Defn: Bovine. -- n. Defn: A bovine beast. [Obs.] Shak. Rother beasts, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] Golding. -- Rother soil, the dung of rother beasts. Roth"er, n. Etym: [OE. See Rudder.] Defn: A rudder. Rother nail, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.

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