whetheredadj.
/ˈwɛðəd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɛðərd/ dialect.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [adjective] > other disorders of cattle
fly-bitten1598
whethered1614
belly-shot1694
tail-soaked1766
blown1833
actinomycotic1883
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [adjective] > pregnant or near to giving birth > that retains afterbirth
whethered1614
1614 G. Markham Bull in Cheape & Good Husb. xxxvi. 60 Of a Cow that is whethered. This disease is when a Cow after her caluing cannot cast her cleaning.
Derivatives
whethering n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > other disorders of cattle
murrainc1450
gall1577
gargyse1577
sprenges1577
wisp1577
closh1587
milting1587
moltlong1587
hammer1600
mallet1600
scurvy1604
wither1648
speed1704
nostril dropping1708
bladdera1722
heartsick1725
throstling1726
striking1776
feather-cling1799
hollow-horn1805
weed1811
blood striking1815
the slows1822
toad-bit1825
coast-fever1840
horn-distemper1843
rat's tail1847
whethering1847
milk fever1860
milt-sickness1867
pearl tumour1872
actinomycosis1877
pearl disease1877
rat-tail1880
lumpy jaw1891
niatism1895
cripple1897
rumenitis1897
Rhodesian fever1903
reticulitis1905
barbone1907
contagious abortion1910
trichomoniasis1915
shipping fever1932
New Forest disease1954
bovine spongiform encephalopathy1987
BSE1987
mad cow disease1988
East Coast fever2009
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives birth > afterbirth > retention of
whethering1847
1847–54 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Whethering, the retention of the after-birth in cows. Gardner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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