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▪ I. rither Mining.|ˈraɪðə(r)|
Also 9 ryther.
[App. a local pron. of rider.]
= rider n. 10 a.
1681Houghton Compl. Miner Gloss., Rither, a stone or thin cliff that lies in the vein;..sometimes this rither is so thick, it parts the vein. 17..in Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6685, p. 175 A rither point is that point of the stone where a vein comes in or goes out of another. 1829Glover Hist. Derby I. 66 The intermediate substances that divide them are called rythers. 1851Act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 94 §14 When Two Veins approach each other, but are parted with a Rither,..and the Rither..exceeds Three Feet in Thickness [etc.].
▪ II. rither
obs. f. rother, rudder. |