Category: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.

Rother 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.