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withers::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | body part |
Examples of withers
withers
The blossom turns black and withers and the blackness bleeds back into the stem.
From the independent.co.uk
Withers spent the past three seasons as defensive coordinator under Butch Davis.
From the stltoday.com
People who know someone battling chronic pain know that it withers its victims.
From the omaha.com
Their owners nervously massaged their withers before they were led into the ring.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Withers was successful with the penalty putting Colchester further in the lead.
From the eadt.co.uk
He should seize that opportunity, because good government withers in the dark.
From the kentucky.com
Withers made stabbing motions with the knives but was unable to catch the man.
From the stltoday.com
So the means-tested element will grow as the flat-rate element withers on the vine.
From the economist.com
Withers then passed on the email to some friends, who passed it on to others.
From the dailyherald.com
- The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
- The withers is the ridge between the shoulder blades of a four-legged animal. In many species it is the tallest point of the body, and in horses and dogs it is the standard place to measure the animal's height (in contrast, cattle are normally measured to the top of the hips).
- Withersworldwide is an international law firm dedicated to advising successful people, their families and their businesses. ...
- Withers (earlier variants Wither, Wyther) is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is today a not uncommon family name throughout the Anglosphere.
- The reason you'll seldom see a man riding bareback.
- The highest point of a horse's shoulder.
- The withers of a horse is the muscular ridge where its neck and back join. It is the highest constant point on a horse, and, as such, is the point where all horse heights are measured from. It is also the point of reference teachers will give you when teaching you where to holds the reins.
- Anatomically, the region of union between the upper portion of the shoulder blade on the one hand and the spinous processes of the first and second thoracic vertebrae on the other. ...
- The slight ridge in a horse's back just before the mane starts. This is where height is measured on a horse.
